Deaths Of Islands People

Mr. Edward Becker

. Edward Becker, an American n and resident of Faea, Tahiti, ;he past 22 years, died there le end of November, aged 72 He was a well known ber of the American community ahiti.

(Irs. Hilda Hoodless

e death occurred recently in lock North, New Zealand, of Hilda Hoodless. Mrs. Hoodless, was Miss Adlington, went to from New Zealand as head ess of the Suva Girls’ imar School. She married ). W. Hoodless, and was after -5 headmistress of the Fiji cor ndence school. Dr. Hoodless, became principal of the ral Medical School, went to md on his retirement and there in 1955. er his death Mrs. Hoodless ned to Fiji for a short while last August went to live with laughter, Dr. Margaret Wray, avelock North.

Ir. R. W. Millington

b death occurred suddenly at residence, Gordon Street, , on December 8, of Mr. ird Walter Millington. He was . Millington was an English and had spent many years in us parts of Australia, New ea and the Ellice Islands, conducted a shoe business in at one time but later joined staff of Williams & Gosling, be time of his death he was le employ of A. Q. McGowan 5.

Mr. J. F. D. Wager

e death of Mr. John Frederick lis Wager occurred at Lismore, ria, on December 6. He was 42. was the elder son of Mr. and C. Wager, formerly of Fiji, now of 31 Woodlands Rd., a Point, Sydney, and will still smembered by many people in and by others in the Solomon ds where he spent six years e the war. enlisted as a Private early in war and three months later passed through the Officers’ ling Course at Duntroon. He d in the Pacific area as a enant. ce the war he has been very ssfully engaged in sheep and i raising near Lismore in ern Victoria. is a tribute to his memory the whole district where he has risen to the aid of his v and three children. Legacy the Returned Soldiers’ League taken over the whole respon ty of running his property and

p, roster of his friends and neighbours has been arranged for this purpose.

Captain Strickland

Captain Strickland, known as Toleafoa Filipo a well known seaman and popular resident of Apia, Western Samoa, who was in charge of Messrs. O. F. Nelson’s inter island motor vessel Sulimoni, died suddenly of a heart attack late November He was 54 iNovemoer. he was 54.

Captain Strickland had a long seafaring career as engineer and captain of local vessels, following

his father who had been captain of the MV Jessie. He was well known by all sections of the community and well respected for his courte ous, unostentatious and efficient ways. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Church of Apia and represented his church in Syd ney last February.

He is survived by his wife, Tautu, and several adopted children.

Mr. William Arp

Mr. William Arp, a veteran planter of Western Samoa, died on De cember 1 after a long illness. He was 69, and had spent 45 years in the Territory.

Before the First World War he

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employed by the German DH G as an overseer on their ;ations and later worked for the Zealand Reparation lantation overseer, later years he owned a cocoa ;ation and cattle ranch of his has left a wife and two sons ing in Samoa, and three hters in New Zealand.