In Retrospect
p. 71 · Read in the full issue
Often I think of the drives we went In the late afternoon; Sago palms, green in their swampy beds.
Copious creepers, greedily growing Upon the ruins of war; A score of dusky-arms in salute “Apinoon, Master!”
Flashing teeth and curious eyes— The roads were few. Some said they tired Of sight of sago palms; Scarlet creepers, there were, like ropes Hanging on trees.
Driving along the sands at dusk We watched the sun surrender Each banner of flame; The joy of salt sea on our faces!
While on the Hill the little lights came out.
Glow-worms resembling, Then, like a curtain covering all, Came the soft tropic night.
The air swarmed with myriad insect life, A fire-fly flew past.
Freda Macdonnell.
Mr. Kenneth John Tonking, a dis tinguished graduate of Sydney Uni versity, who obtained his Ll.B. at the age of 21, is to commence prac tice at Lae, New Guinea as a barrister and solicitor. He served in the Naval Intelligence Division of the Royal Australian Navy in the New Hebrides and New Guinea areas during the Pacific War and also as Naval Liaison Officer to the 6th Division in the Aitape-Wewak area. He has been in practice before and since the war in NSW.