Some Interesting Territorians on the Move

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b-lnspector W. Curtis and Mrs. Curtis who ed in Lae, New Guinea recently. Mrs. is was formerly Miss Nancy Harvey, of land, NZ. They were married in Brisbane (larch 2. Mrs. Curtis has packed a normal me of experience into her few years. Her job was school teaching, during which she wrote three children's books; this followed by work on a children's magazine. ■ she went to England and from there imerica to work for the famous Swedish rator, Gustaf Tenggren, who illustrates well-known "Golden Books" and who did pictures and designs for some of Walt ly's early cartoons, including "Snow e" ck in England, Mrs. Curtis went to in the famous fashion house of Molyneux fashion copy-writer. She then had the rtunity of going to the Paris branch of firm where she decided to learn the ess from the ground up. When she lated to dressmaking she later worked resses for Princess Margaret. On her re

turn to New Zealand she made dresses for Queen Salote and Princess Mata'aho of Tonga which they wore to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11.

She has travelled on the Continent, Norway, Denmark, Lapland and Japan. After Japan she worked in Sydney on the staff of "Junior Telegraph" and, later, "Weekend".

She met Mr. Curtis while on a trip to Lae last year. She is interested in native-teaching —she has had some experience with Maoris in New Zealand —and hopes to take up teaching again in the Territory. Only grouch about P-NG so far; No keys on the bedroom doors in the hotel where she stayed in Port Moresby.

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Mrs. Nari Forster of Raua Plantation, Bougainville, who since her father's death in 1950, has run the place with a labour line of 117 natives producing 490 tons of copra yearly. She was in Sydney during the Easter Show to ride her two horses "Mate" and "Murray". She started Show riding when she was staying with her mother, Mrs. C. I. H.

Campbell, at Moss Vale, NSW, in 1954-55. Her horses won six ribbons at last year's RAS, and "Murray” won the championship of Royal Melbourne Show.

Mrs. Forster's husband was killed in an accident at Bougainville in 1948. The petrol tanks of their launch blew up; Mrs. Forster and her then infant son Michael went over board and swam until picked up by a work boat, but Mr. Forster was badly burned. In those days there was no doctor at Sohano and he died that night. In her absence, her mother is running the plantation. Mrs. Forster was born at Rabaul and has lived most of her life in the Territory.

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Mrs. Brian Lennon, of Middle Cove, Sydney, returning on "Soochow" to Australia after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hockey of Rabaul. Mrs.

Hockey is her daughter. At right is Mrs. L. J.

Sutherland of the Telegraph Department, Rabaul. She has been in Rabaul 10 years and is now on leave in Sydney. Mrs. Suther land is secretary of the PSA in Rabaul and attended the last two conferences.