Merchant In Tonga

Masked Robbers Attack

Vavau, Jan. 28.

THREE masked marauders broke into the home of Mr. Harry Storer, on Fofoa island, on the night of January The men, who had evidently planned the attack, chose a time when all of Mr.

Storer’s workers and the members of his own household were away. Finding him alone, they attacked him, inflicting severe bruises. They then tied his hands and feet and proceeded to rob him of tinned meats and other goods from his Fofoa island store. Unable to open his safe, they carried it outside and bashed it open with rocks and then went off with the contents, which amounted to several hun dred pounds. Two suspects are currently being held in the Neiafu jail, pending in vestigation.

Vavau News Items

Mr. Harris Hunter, of the Citrus Products Co. Ltd., of Auckland, has been in Vava’u visiting his Neiafu factory and supervising production.

Lilipeti Simu, 2Vz, of ’Utulei was drowned on January 20 when she at tempted to follow her grandmother out onto the reef where the woman was going -shell fishing. Unobserved by the fishing -party, the child evidently tripped in the rough coral formation and was unable to regain her footing.

Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Thomas, of Burns

Fhilp and Co., recently arrived in Vava’u to take over the managership of the local branch during the absence of Mr.

F W. P. Rowe, who is going to Australia on leave. The Thomases come to Vava’u from Lambasa.

H Mr. E. P. Glover, managing edi of the South Pacific Post, P Moresby, accompanied by IV Glover, arrived in Sydney in Fi ruary, on long leave—part of wh will be spent on a visit to Europ

ork has been completed on a survey of Viti Levu, Fiji, and A C. S. Wright, of the New and Soil Survey Departments now commenced work on Vanua i. Work there is expected to take ral months.