Australian Cit[?]

French Priest Becomes Australian Cit[?]

The Rev. F. Louis Willem, of the RC [?] Kamulai, Papua, became an Australian on June 16 at a ceremony in the Sub-I office, at Tapini.

The picture shows Mr. D. Anderson[?] Goilala, presenting the certificate of nat[?] tion to Father Willem, a former Alsatian.

It is the second time that this ceremo taken place in Tapini. The first was [?] Zigas, now a District Medical Officer in 0[?] After Father Willem had taken the oat[?] Anderson gave a reception for the missi[?] and officers of the Sub-District.

•e Anne, baby daughter of d Mrs. Eric Whitton, of Lae, first girl born into the n family for 70 years. She on August 10.

t In 1955, 20 students from the Port Laguerre Agricultural scho o 1, Noumea, completed their studies.

Six of these students were retained at the school as “apprentice teachers”; three others went back home to assist their parents with farm work; the other 11 took jobs

with no agricultural interest. All naa been to the Agricultural school on Government bursaries. Agri culture in New Caledonia is at such a ebb - says a correspondent, tnat it holds no future for young farmers. ![ Visitors to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate during August included Mr. A. L. Eyrebrook, FRCS, an eminent orthopaedic surgeon attached to Bristol Uni versity, UK, who is visiting Pacific territories under a Colonial Develop ment and Welfare scheme designed to sponsor visits by specialists to keep local Medical Departments abreast of latest medical practice, techniques and developments. Mr.

Eyrebrook, who has already visited Fiji, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Tonga and Samoa, remained in Honiara one week.

August Brides in Suva

TOP: Mr. and Mrs. Erling Stokholm Pedersen after their marriage in the Anglican Cathedral, Suva, in August. The groom is from Copen hagen, Denmark; the bride, nee Miss Lorna Myrtle Smith, is the second eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Smith, of Natewa Bay, Vanua Levu, where Mr. Smith is a planter.

LOWER: Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Terry after their marriage in the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva. The groom is a member of a family well-known in Suva; his bride is from Boca Bay, Vanua Levu.

Photos: Popular Art Photo Studio.