From Levuka to Kerav[?]

In Five Generations

AN April visitor to PIM was 1 Peter Dennis, of New Guir who is a fourth general “Islander.” He came in to tell that hi s six-years-old daugt Margaret can claim to be a fi generation islander, although claim is entered for an elder ch Peter Junior, who made his de into this world prosaically in A tralia.

The Dennis family is having few weeks holiday in Australia few weeks is considered enough their cocoa plantation near Kera New Britain, is just coming i bearing.

Away back in the last cent a Captain Cocks and his wife w from New Zealand, at a date known, to Fiji and there, in 1853 Ovalau, was born James Cocks, James grew up and eventu married and one of their child was Amy Florence, born in Levi in 1881. Amy in due time mar: Selwyn Dennis, of the CSR Co., in 1915 son Peter was born in Rewa district.

He went to school in Sydney when still a youngster in the e; 30’s went to the Watut, in Moi District, New Guinea, goldmin Those were depression years w gold offered opportunities forgoi in this present decade.

After the Watut, he joined Bu Gold Dredging and was with company when he enlisted in and saw service with the 1 Guinea Contingent in the Mi* East and New Guinea.

He married an Australian June Burgess, and after the wa was back to BGD (Margaret born in Wau in 1950) and then 1 to New Britain to plant up c< on the North Coast.

We hope that when the time cc young Margaret will take her sponsibilities seriously and earn this Islands tradition into fol

ing generations.