People
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The Very Rev. Timothy Connolly, iperior General of the Coiumban ithers, in the course of a world spection of Coiumban Missions, sited Fiji in January. The Colum in community established there six ars ago, will shortly be increased r four priests to 19 members. ♦ * * When John Gunther, son of the isistant Administrator of P-NG, *. John Gunther, began his studies The King’s School, Parramatta, 3W, in early February, he was e fourth successive generation of » family to attend the school. ♦ * ♦ Honiara, in the British Solomons, ,s well represented in Sydney in nuary. Among Honiara people leave or passing through on siness were Mr. John Morris, Mr. 2k Byron, Mr. and Mrs. Ross jhardson and daughter Avon, Geoff Dennis, Mr. E. J. joney and Mr. Jan Schenke.
art Moresby businessman, Mr. 1 Maloney, got some publicity he Australian Press in January, n he decided to take a six weeks' day at Queensland’s Surfers’ adise with his wife and three dren. intrigued the Press was that was given permission by the G Administration to bring along native servants. This, these days,
[?] nguist and missionary H. Myron Bromley, [?] ographed in Hollandia in January after [?]leting four years among natives in the [?] r al Highlands of Netherlands New Guinea, [?] was en route to Sydney and the US but [?] will be returning to NNG. As a linguist, [?] main interest is with the population of [?] Baliem Valley.
Photo: W. E. Tausent.
is not unusual —and Mr. Malom himself has done it before. But I wasn’t allowed to escape the limi light. * * * Two girls from well-known Ne Guinea families won bursaries fi training as pre-school teachers January. The girls, Anne Camera daughter of coffee planter Mr. B!
Cameron, and Margaret O’Loghli daughter of Sir Colman O’Loghli; are both 17 and will attend tl Kindergarten Training College Melbourne for three years befo: coming back to the Territory teachers.
Miss Cameron was born in tl Territory. Her father before the w worked a Wau goldmine.
All the residents of Misima Islan in the Milne Bay district of Papu attended the wedding of Miss Vain Parascos, a former Misima schc teacher, to Thomas Inman, Samarai, in late December. Tl‘ ceremony was performed by tl Rev. Col. White in the Method!
Overseas Mission, Misima.
Mrs. Lorraine Houghton, P-N Director of the Junior Red Croc
Mr. T. Thoenness with his bride, formes Miss Robin Hodges, after their marriage Port Moresby in late December.
Photo: Papuan Prim
Mr. D. L. Leach, executive of the Auckli[?] surveying firm of Leach and Browne, left A[?] land for Tonga aboard the "Matua" in Janu [?] to inspect progress with the cadestral sur [?] of Tonga which is being made by his c[?] pany.
Photo: J. P. Short!
5 in Melbourne in January at ding a Red Cross leadership ning centre. There are 250 Junior I Cross members in the Terri- T. * * * sventeen-year-old Nauruan, rinda Itsimeara, in January be le the first girl from Nauru to lin a NSW Leaving Certificate, has been a pupil at the Convent lercy, Parramatta, NSW, for the five years, and now intends to ►me a schoolteacher. ♦ * * lelaide film man Ralph Peter was back in Adelaide in Janu after a visit to Fiji, writing and sting a colour documentary, in Profile, for an Australian pany, Ajax Films, le film is the first of a series documentaries covering social, omic and political aspects of dus countries. Mr. Peterson is tor of the film and stage success, Square Ring.
e residents of Rarotonga made :ewell presentation to Mr. and W. N. A. Allison on January 22 to their return to New Zea- Mr. Allison has been Director ducation in recent years, and had resided in the Cook ds for the past twenty years.
Resident Commissioner, Mr. G. 1, presented a cheque on behalf sidents. (See page 41). * * * stor J. B. Keith, Senior Seventh Adventist missionary in New
[?] itional lighting of the candies for Miss Normoyle at her 21st birthday party [?] rt Moresby in late December. She is [?] aughter of the P-NG Commissioner of [?] Mr. C. Normoyle, and Mrs. C. Nor- Photo: Papuan Prints.
Guinea, arrived in Auckland in January to commence a three nonths lecture tour, during which ie will visit his home town of hvercargill. ♦ * * Mrs. G. R. Powles, wife of the few Zealand High Commissioner to Western Samoa, attended the annual aeeting of the New Zealand branch of the Pan Pacific and iouth East Asia Women’s Associa ion at Auckland in January,
i former Suva girl, Miss Dorothy aver, who is a part-time student Melbourne University has sue sfully passed her fifth year Law ruinations. Her subjects were ation, equity, company law and iveyancing. She passed with lours in all subjects and equal t in three. She is an ex-pupil of J a Girls’ Grammar School and written several amusing stories PIM in recent years. Her mother I is resident in Suva. ♦ • ♦ Ir. J. f. Ernshaw has been ap
Scout Leader Ben Ellis, of Manihiki, return [?]I home after a jamboree in Britain, was [?] ewelled in Auckland by Mr. E. F. Prende [?]t, attached to the Auckland office of the [?] and Territories Dept., and by Mrs. Prende [?]t. Also returning to the Cooks was Rev. [?] her F. Benetio (not pictured), who had [?]n visiting Holland.
Photo: J. P. Shortall.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Turner, who left Auck [?]d for Suva in the "Matua" in January. [?] Turner was taking up a post with Fiji [?] ders. Ltd.
Photo: J. P. Shortall.
pointed manager of the Bank New Zealand in Suva, Fiji, in sult cession to Mr. C. D. Barford. WL Ernshaw has been with the Barr, since 1927 and has served in mam branches in New Zealand, and, 1956-57, in the London office. Sim returning to NZ from the UK : has been sub-inspector at Wellinn ton head office.
Fijian Methodist Minister R©' Setareki Tuilovoni made a colouu ful picture in the opinion of Peril (West Australia) people, when I arrived there in January wearing g sulu, and carrying an umbrella thri had just accompanied him aroum the world. Tuilovoni was return ing to Fiji after attending an inteo; national missionary conference Ghana.
Lady Gutch, wife of the Higi Commissioner for the Westers Pacific, passed through Sydney i the end of January, en route froo* Britain to her home in Honiam
Mr. and Mrs. A. Herrick returned to Sw[?] in the "Matua" in January after three mont[?] in New Zealand. Mr. Herrick has been busin[?] manager for the London Missionary Society [?] Fiji for the past 25 years.
Photo: J. P. Shortall
A big crowd attended the marriage Papuans, Oala and Rarva, at the London Missionary Society Church, in Port Meres [?] on December 28.
Photo: Papuan Prim
SIP. Sir John returned from long ave in October, in order to attend te South Pacific Commission session in Noumea.
Mr. G. W. A. Perks has been pointed Resident Agent of luke, Cook Is., in succession to '. K. S. Mills who has returned New Zealand to continue iversity studies.
Ay. Perks is aged 37, married, :h no children. He served as ministrative Assistant to the strict Commissioner, Nyasaland, 1948, was accountant with an company in Sumatra for two irs, spent some time with a Suva siness firm, and has lately been employee of the NZ Ministry Works at Dargaville, North ckland.
’he marriage took place at lier, NZ, in December, of Miss :gy Allison, daughter of Mr. W.
A. Allison, then the Director of ication in the Cook Islands, and 5. Allison, with Mr. Tony Bird, aierly a radio operator at 'otonga Radio.
'he bride, who has just passed final nursing examinations, was m away by Mr. Doug Cunnold, ner Superintendent of Radio in Cook Is., in the absence of her tier.
Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Kelly after their [?]riage in Port Moresby in late December. was formerly Miss D. Twembow.
Photo: Papuan Prints.
[?] r. and Mrs. Strath Garside were among many Islands' people who attended the [?] nesian Association's New Year party in [?]ey. Mr. Garside was a radio announcer ZJV Suva, and his attractive wife was former Luck Kwong, of Suva.
Mr. Kenneth Hemus, lately beaus master at Akaaka School, Waiulsij near Auckland, NZ, has be«s appointed Principal of Tonsr College in succession to Mr.
Kennedy, MA. Mr. Hemus is < married man with a family.
Mr. C. W. Seton, well knowc planter of the British Solomonc was in the Repatriation Generc; Hospital, Brisbane, in January, fi a few weeks treatment fi osteoarthritis which caused him lose the use of both legs some timi ago. He reports that he is nor recovering. * * * The Administrator of P-N>V Brigadier Cleland, was back at M desk in Port Moresby in Februae
Australians of Polynesian descent, M[?] Donald Dodd and her sister, Loraine Watt[?] were among those at the Polynesian Assoc[?] tion's New Year party in Sydney.
Captain Frank Hoeter, MBE, formerly [?] PNGVR, Madang, returned to P-NG in Februa [?] after six months' leave in Australia. He [?] pected to be posted to Rabaul in his capaci[?] as a sub-inspector of police. While in A[?] tralia. Captain Hoeter qualified at the Atom[?] Warfare Course at the School of Infant[?] Seymour.
iter leave in Australia. He and Mrs. 51eland spent much of the time •isiting Tasmania.
Many New Guinea people and ;veral former residents attended le Australian Institute of Political nence three-day summer school in anberra in January.
The subject was Papua-New uinea, and among those who at nded were the Administrator, /igadier Cleland, and Mrs. Cleland /ho were on leave), Dr. John anther, Messrs. Bob Bunting, lan awns, John Hohnen, Bill Conroy, sorge Whittaker and his son, Dr. vian Whittaker (who is now with e Australian National University, inberra), C. Rowley (principal of e Australian School of Pacific Ad inistration), Gus O’Donnell and s. O’Donnell, and Norman Cowper. group of P-NG patrol officers 10 attended, on leave, included ?ssrs. Bill Brown and Ron Neville.
Samoan has been top man in :Kland for some time past. He d.r. Paul Gabriel, who has been ervising the erection of a 175-ft erhouse chimney at Greenlane pital. Now nearing completion, chimney will be a new major -ure of the Auckland skyline.
Mr. F. M. Bateson (left), who was return [?]g from a US lecture on astronomy, and Mr. [?] R. McKegg, of the Cook Islands' Trading [?] were among the passengers in the "Maui [?]mare", en route from Auckland to the Cooks late December. Photo: J. P. Shortall.
Mis happy pair, Mr. Chris Straatemeter and bride formerly Miss M. Dennis, were [?] ographed just after their marriage in [?] mber at St. John's Church, Port Moresby.
Photo: Papuan Prints.