Solomons
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From Our Own Correspondent
HONIARA, August 20
Protectorate Governmen 66-foot vessel MV Betua sail from Honiara on August 20, f Espiritu Santo, arriving there on t! 25th.
In the absence from the Protee orate of the Marine Superintende (Capt. G. J. Webster) the Actii Secretary to Government, Mr. A.
S. Davidson, who is an ex-Nav Officer, acted as Master of the Beti to bring the High Commissioner f the Western Pacific (Mr. R. C.
Stanley, CMC, OBE) to the Sol mons. His Excellency was accom anied by Mrs. R. C. S. Stanley ai Miss Stanley.
The Betua, with the official pari left Santo on August 27 for Tikopi Vanikoro, Santa Cruz, and San Anna, San Cristoval, where His E cellency will be met by the Actii Resident Commissioner, British Sol mon Islands (Mr. P. A. Richardson They will then visit the Governme station at Kira Kira (San Cristova and then sail for Honiara, whe they are due on September 5.
Captain R, N. Bein, owner of tl Islands trading ship Vila Star, introducing a new type of pr fabricated home to the Pacific several now are being erected Vila and Noumea. Manufacture in Austria, the units embody ne Continental features in insulate panels and nail-less aluminiu roof, and are reported to be easi erected by unskiled labour.