People

Deaths of Islands People

Mr. John Alexander

Carpenter

r. John Alexander Carpenter, of the five brothers of the well wn Islands trading family of penter, died in Sydney on March aged 80 years. f. Carpenter was the second st of the brothers, and has not i associated with the firm of R,. Carpenter & Co. since 1936. •om 1929 to 1936 he was joint laging-director of the firm’s aul Branch. The other brothers, tur, Herbert, William, and Sir ter all died before John. ; is survived by his wife, one son two daughters. Another son killed during the war.

Mother Mary Agnes

lown throughout the South fic for her 33 years’ work as ;r-in-Charge of the Fiji Leprosy

ital, Makogai, the Rev. Mother t Agnes, MBE, died at the Dn on March 17, four days be her 85th birthday. She had suffering from pneumonia and ictured leg. >ther Mary Agnes went to Fiji Brittany 62 years ago, and etired from her post at Makogai larch, 1950. For many years iad charge of about 700 patients won universal affection and re

photograph of Mother Agnes on the ion of her receiving the Legion of [?]r in July, 1953.

:t for her enthusiasm, organis ability and capacity for leader ). i 1937, when the then Governor Fiji (Sir Arthur Richards) pre :ed to her the insignia of MBE, said; “Without her marvellous jtion it is difficult to see how togai could ever have existed.” i July, 1953, Mother Mary Agnes ived the French decoration of valier of the Legion of Honour.

Mrs. W. G. Bovell

rs. W. G. Bovell, who was lerly Miss Viola Riemen leider, of Fiji, died at Sutton, •ey, England, last month. Mrs. ell, who had lived in England JO years, is survived by her hus -1 and twin daughters (Lucy and 3ara), her sisters Mesdames E. ?ton (at present in England) Phelps, of Suva, and brother, D. Riemy, of Suva.

Aptain Lucien Lefevre

iptain Lucient Lefevre, whose h occurred at Noumea in March tie age of 70, spent the greater of his life in New Caledonia, •e he was regarded with tionate respect. •rn at Le Havre, he went to sea indjammers, and at the age of vas first mate in the France 0 tons), the world’s largest sail ship. A five-master with a top 3 of 18 knots, the France was lost the reef near La Foa, New donia, and until her hull (in ; fragments) was broken up for ) a few years ago, it could be clearly from the main west ; road. ter leaving the sea, Captain /re became local pilot, shipping rintendent, navigation inspector finally harbourmaster at nea. He was an active member he Cape Horn Association, a 3 of old salts who had hered the Horn under sail. He a Chevalier of the Legion of lur and an officer of the Merite time.

Captain F. T. Giblin

ptain Frederick Tarta Giblin, an with an unrivalled know -1 of the western seas round Fiji, at his home at Suva on March ; the age of 68. ptain Giblin was the third son le late John Giblin, who went ji before Cession (1874) to work i tea plantation at Wainunu, la Levu. Educated at Sydney, worked as a clerk before re ng to Fiji to work for the idian Timber Co. as a bullock r at Dreketi. He studied ation and sailed in many trading from Levuka. At •us times he was master of belonging to the Fiji Shipping Burns Philp and Morris trom. ptain Giblin is survived by two Messrs. George and Fred n, both of Fiji, and a hter Maud (Mrs. T. Cornish).