[?]Mmonwealth Grants

For P-Ng Agriculture

HCE growing in P-NG has now benefited to the extent of £7,000 •m the Rural Credits Development nd (a department of the Common alth Bank). The second £3,500 ® approved recently and will go vards the cost of the rice expansion leme in the Territory. The first mt of £3,500 was made towards the st of a rice breeding laboratory in t Mekeo district of Papua.

In addition to their grants for rice Dduction, the RCDF has granted ,500 towards fibres experimentation ,the Territory.

Mr. Graham Neviil, formerly of the Fruit Office, Rarotonga, and son of Mr. G. Neviil, Resident Commis sioner of the Cook Is., gained a pass in Greek History, Art and Literature in his first-year studies for Bachelor of Science degree at Victoria University College, Wellington, NZ. His aviator-uncle, Sir Arthur Neviil, also attending the same university, gained

his Master of Science degree this year, There was a well-built, clean, weatherproof, plainly furnished room to let on Mauke, Cook Island, in December. The new gaol had just been completed and the population speculated as to who would be the first to try it.

island residents arriving in Auckland, [?] on TEAL Solent recently included:— [?]Ir. and Mrs. McVeagh and children, [?]dy and Robert, on leave from Aitutaki. [?]s. McYeagh’s position as hostess to [?]AL passengers at Aitutaki is tem [?]arily taken by Mrs. W. Jones.

Guide Niotangi Robati and 1st Lieut. [?]aeru Tereora, who will represent the [?]k Islands Girl Guide movement at a [?]boree at Marton, NZ.

Irs. T. N. Solomon and Mrs. A. L. minings of Rarotonga.