In NZ on Leave
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Captain S. Middlemiss, a Queens land pilot, begins a “busman’s holiday” in February. With half a dozen friends, he is departing from Australia in a Catalina flying-boat for an unscheduled wander through the South Pacific. They will visit Noumea, Suva, Tonga, Samoa, Cook.
Islands and Tahiti.
Mrs. J. R. Rigby, wife of New Britain’s District Magistrate, is or ganising an appeal for the Interna tional Children’s Emergency Fund and by the end of December had already collected £lOO. Some years ago Mrs. Rigby conducted a very successful drive for child relief while living at Wewak, NG.
Passengers arriving in Auckland from the Islands during December included (top to bottom):— Mr. and Mrs. W. H. B. Buckhurst and daughters from Fiji—Mr. Buckhurst is retiring Director of Lands, Mines and Surveys.
Mrs. E. A. Low, who was met by Mr.
Low on her arrival from Suva on TEAL Solent.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Lawlor, of Suva, who are on holiday in NZ.
Mrs. Etevise Brown, who was met by Mrs. L. Kristoffersen on her arrival from Apia.
Mr. B. Beale, of CSR Co., Labasa, who was on sick leave.
Mr. C. W. Blakelock, of the Fiji Government engineering works, Walu Bay, on vacation.