Deaths Of Islands People

Mr. D. Quail

After two days’ illness, Mr. Doug las Quail, 58, died in Samarai, Papua, in early March.

He is survived by his wife, who was in Australia at the time.

Mr. Quail was employed by a con tracting firm in Samarai.

Mr. William John Roberts

The tragic death occurred in Madang, New Guinea, in early March, of William John Roberts, 21, only son of the P-NG Director of District Services, Mr. A. A.

Roberts, who was then almost on the eve of departure for Cairns, where he led a delegation of Terri tory natives who met the Queen.

John Roberts was a popular young man and was a stock overseer with the Madang Agricultural station.

Mr. D. A. Rutherford

Formerly Director of Education in W. Samoa in the mid-1930’5, Mr.

D. A. Rutherford died in New Ply mouth, NZ, early February.

Looked on as a native educational expert at the time of his retire ment in 1936, Mr. Rutherford had represented New Zealand at an Educational Conference in Hawaii at about that time.

Mr. J. J. Davis

Mr. James J. Davis, well-known Suva resident, died in Auckland re cently while undergoing an opera tion. Mr. Davis had been employed by the Union Steam Ship Co. in

charge of their wharf department at Suva for the past 20 years. He went to Fiji with his parents as a young boy, from Sydney, working first for Brown and Joske after leaving school, later entering the business of banana buying on his own account. He married Miss Nita Storck of Suva in 1905, his wife surviving him. They would have

celebrated their Golden Wedding Jubilee next February.

The funeral took place in Auck land.

Tagaloa Of Saluafata

A well-known and highly re spected Samoan Judge, Chief Tagaloa of Saluafata, died at the end of February, aged 73. Judge Tagaloa had a long record of ser vice in the Government, having served 17 years as Judge of the High Court, member of the Fono of Faipule, and member of the Land and Titles Court. Tributes were paid to his memory at a special sitting of the Court. The funeral, at Saluafata, was attended by the High Commissioner and many rep resentatives of the Government.

Rev. Father Brady

The Rev. Father Patrick Brian Brady died in Brisbane recently, after a lingering illness, at the early age of 37. He was engaged in missionary work in the Solomon Islands from 1947 to 1950.

Mrs Elsie Holland

The death occurred in Sydney on March 27, of Mrs. Elsie Holland, widow of the late Major F. G. L.

Holland, GM.

Mrs. Holland went with her hus band to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony in 1920, when he became Education officer there with headquarters at Tarawa. They lived there until the Pacific war, during the early months of which Major Holland stayed behind to organise radio reports to the Allies on Jap anese movements. For his services he was awarded the George Medal.

Apart from his bravery, he was a distinguished Administration official.

Major Holland retired from the Colonial Service a few years ago; and, after leave in the United King dom, returned to Sydney to live.

He died last year.

Mrs. Holland, who was an Eng lishwoman, is survived by her son, Mr. Francis Carlton Holland, who lives in the United Kingdom; and her daughter Barbara, who is now Mrs. K. W. Black, wife of Dr. Black, who has been a medical-officer in Fiji and is now under transfer to Hongkong.

Mrs. Forrest-Sale

Mrs. Forrest-Sale, a very old re sident of Levuka, Fiji, died there re cently in her 80th year.

She was the widow of Dr. Forrest- Sale, for many years Vicar of Levuka.

Mr. D. Freyer

The accidental death occurred, in March, of Mr. Donald Freyer, a Forestry officer, stationed at Kereabout 30 miles from Rabaul,

Stg.

He was killed instantly when a leavy truck driven by a native got

out of control and struck him. He was sitting at the wheel of a tractor and was unable to jump clear.

Mr. Freyer, who was aged about 44, had been with the P-NG Admin istration since 1947.

Gill

The death occurred in England on March 26, of Archdeacon Stephen Romney Gill who, when he retired in 1952, had served 45 years in the Anglican Mission, Papua. He was loved and respected by all classes.

He was in N-E Papua at the time of the Jap invasion and was finally forced to leave; but returned to Papua immediately after the war.

He is survived by his wife.

H Tonga’s new Judge of the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Hunter, with Mrs. Hunter, left Sydney by air for their new home on March 20. They hoped to connect with MV Tofua in Fiji. Mr. Justice Hunter is Aus tralian born but was educated in London, Berlin, Honolulu as well as Sydney. He has been at the NSW Bar for over 30 years, specialising in local government law and equity. 1! Mr. Max Babbage returned in March to Karoola Plantation, Bougainville District, after spend ing a few months in Australia.

Karoola has now started producing cocoa in addition to copra.

U Dr. A. G. Larsen, a Canadian, re cently arrived in the Cook Islands to take up an appointment with the South Pacific Health Service.