Songs of the Solomons
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Mr. George Milner Of The
school of African and Oriental Studies, University of London, who spent six months in the British Solomon Islands investigating native languages, also recorded native music in the Solomons, in cluding the playing of Malaita pan pipes, some songs from the Poly nesian islands of Rennell, Bellona and Lord Howe, and traditional music from the Western Solomons.
Some of this music was so old that many of the younger natives present at the recording had never heard it. The records were played back to a European audience during Mr.
Milner’s visit and some of them had considerable musical appeal.
Pressings of these recordings are now being made in London for the British Solomon Islands Protector ate Government.
Light-heavyweight champion of the Fiji Battalion now serving in Malaya, Isimeli Radrodo, in May beat Boy Brooks, Orient triple champion, over 10 rounds. The contest took place at a Stadium in Singapore.