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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 March 1955Vol. XXV, No. 8

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p. 150 · Read in the full issue

Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Turbott daughter have recently been on leavr New Zealand. On Mr. Turbott’s depart Mr. G. W. Jones took over the dutie; Government Secretary, Gilbert and E Is. Colony.

Copies of Bingham’s Gilbertese-Enj,

dictionary are on sale at the Informa Office, Bairiki, Tarawa, at 10/- per o plus postage.

Dr. J. S. Hogg, new Senior Men Officer for the G. & E. Colony, was pected to leave England per “Athenla early February.

The Gilberts District Office, locates Bairiki in recent years, has now shi back to Betio islet.

The new Gilberts broadcasting sts.

VTW. on 844 kc/s, is now broadcaj each Saturday from 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 < (0730-0830 GMT) and the programmes later be extended to two hours dura Mr. George Brechtefeld, recently Canton Island, has been appointed man carpenter in the Department of!

Constructions, Tarawa.

Mr. F. A. Sinclair, with his wifes family, left the United Kingdom January to fake un the appointmej- Colony Wholesale Society manages Tarawa.

Mr. K. J. S. Hutchinson assumed as Assistant Secretary to the Govern on his return from UK leave in Jam Mr. McCaig has been appointed Du Officer. Ocean Island, relieving Mr.

Roberts, who has proceeded on furli Mr. and Mrs. W. J. S. Brabant expected back in the Colony in Febu after leave in the UK and New Zes;