Deaths Of Islands People

capt. k. McPherson Captain kini McPherson, died in Suva aged 63 on April 30.

It was Captain McPherson who was instrumental in capturing Count Von Luckner at Wakaya Island in 1917.

After the raider Seeadler had been wrecked at Mopiha, Von Luckner and his crew made their way to wards Fiji in an armed motor boat and landed at Wakaya Island. Cap tain McPherson, who was sheltering with his cutter at Wakaya, recognised the language they spoke, fought his way through rough seas to Levuka and reported to the authorities.

Authority, in the way Authority has, was reluctant to believe him, but McPherson returned to Wakaya and watched the enemy party until a police boat arrived from Levuka and arrested Von Luckner and his men.

Captain McPherson is survived by his wife and a large family.

Mr. G. Gray.

Mr. George Gray, One Of

Australia’s leading geologists and mining engineers whose belief in the future of the Fiji goldmining in dustry did much to establish the Vatukoula mines, died in Sydney on April 22.

He was a protege of Sir Edge worth David and was associated with many big mining discoveries in the past half century.

While other experts were doubtful of the worth of the Vatukoula gold field he considered it good. Time proved that he was right. He was first superintendent of Emperor and Loioma goldmines in 1936.

He leaves a widow and two daughters.

Mr. Davis Wood

Advice has only recently been re ceived of the death early this year of Mr. Davis Wood, well-known and popular resident of New Guinea. He died after a heart attack while he was walking along the New Guinea north coast from Matapau to But, near Wewak.

He and his brother Tom went to the Territory in 1930 and became well-known as general builders.

Later, Davis went into the auc tioneering business which he carried on at Lae until his death. In the last six months of his life, however, he spent a considerable time in the Wewak district assisting his brother who had interests there.

He is survived by his wife and two schoolgirl daughters.

He was a member of the war-time NGVR and an enthusiastic worker for RSL enterprises.

Mr. L. N. Bean

The death occurred in Auckland, NZ, in April of Mr. L. N. Bean who until his retirement to the Dominion; 16 years ago was a well known far mer on the Waimanu River, Fiji.

He is survived by his second wife and three daughters of his first marriage.

Mr. J. D. Moore

Mr. J. D. Moore died in Suva at. the end of April, four days after celebrating his 69th birthday.

He was born in Vuna, Taveuni,, son of one of the early Methodist] Missionaries to Fiji, the Rev. Williams Moore.

Mr. Moore has been living in Suva* since 1939. He is survived by hiss

'ife, one son, Mr. J. A. Moore, and daughter, Mrs. Alec Wendt.

Mrs. A. T. Anderson

The death occurred at her home i Suva in April, of Mrs. A. T. mderson, who had lived in the Colony for 51 years.

She was born in New Zealand, he is survived by her husband and vo daughters, Mrs. W. Morris of \Z and Mrs. R. Marlow of Suva.

Miss A. M. Rice

Miss A. M. Rice died at her home

t Korotoga, Sigatoka, Fiji, on April

9. She was formerly a house-keeper t the CSR Company’s officers’ quar ts at Labasa.

Miss Rice went to Fiji in 1924 with er father, the late Major Thomas Lice, and her brother, Mr. W. V.

Lice. She is remembered with re pecl and affection by the many men /ho, as young officers of the CSR Company, owed a great deal to her fficient work and untiring care for leir welfare.

The funeral service at Suva was onducted by the Rev. H. W. Fig ess, rector of Holy Trinity pro- Lathedral.