Over Property
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Owner’s Ashes Scattered Over Property
From Our Own Correspondent. r[E ashes of Mr. Harold Mark ham, who died last year in Australia, have been brought to the Solomons and scattered over his old property at Segi.
Mr. Markham directed in his will that this should be done, and his daughter entrusted the ashes to Mr.
R. C. Symes, who carried out Mr Markham’s wishes on April 26.
Mr. Symes, who now lives at
Rabaul, came to the BSIP to inspect his properties.
R. C. Symes and Co., Ltd., have purchased all W. R. Carpenter & Co.’s interests in the BSIP includ ing all plantations and the old Carpenter installations at Tulgi.
Mr. Symes said that cocoa plan tations at Ysabel are coming into bearing. t In the Supreme Court at Madang, NG, on May 5, Clem Dowie was found not guilty of having set fire to MV Destiny at Madang on Jan uary 30.