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’. Tatara Samuela, Senior th Inspector, Cook Islands, jsented that Territory at a ) seminar in Port Moresby ig May. ♦ * * . H. A. Levestam, who has acting-secretary to the Samoa rnment, has been confirmed le appointment. He went to •a in 1952 and has served for time as official member cf Executive Council and the lative Assembly. The appoint has met with general ap tion.

'land Territories Department ced on May 27 that Mr.

g that Silver Acorn Look is P-NG of Education, W. C. Groves, who is Chief Scout Commissioner for the The Silver Acorn is there too — ust above the spot marked X. It is s second highest award and only six stralians have won it. Mr. Groves' or his services to P-NG Scouting since -was presented at a Scout ceremony Moresby on St. Georges Day. On the casion Mrs. Marian Heape presented photograph of Lord Baden-Powell to it Headquarters in memory of her the late Mr. Ben Heape, who was District Scout Commissioner. During noon, Area Commissioner J. Colman of as presented with his Wood Badge.

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Jock Malcolm McEwen, ac: secretary of Island Territories the retirement of Mr. J. B. Wi has been appointed secretary - ' Mr. McEwen has just retu from an Islands tour withi Minister; he made a very far able impression in the Cook IslJ partly through his ability to s the native language fluently.

He was born at Feilding, N 1 1915, educated at Palmerston M Boys High School and Wellin University. After a time with s firm he joined Maori Affairs; partment in 1935, transferrin - Island Territories to become I dent Commissioner at Niue inr cember, 1953. In August, 1956 was appointed assistant-seen-; of Island Territories. He has cently spent some months in Cook Islands familiarising hii. thoroughly with affairs there, doubtful whether a more suit man could have been found where for this position.

Miss Margaret Drake-Brocks and Miss Brenda Cherry, trained nurses of Perth, West tralia, arrived in Suva by ■ Orcades in June. They will be< tached to the staff of the Me 3 Department in Fiji for two * * * Another traveller by Oro* 1

Newly engaged couple, Ramona Benn Lami, Suva, and her fiance, Mr. Ross M[?] of Sydney. They were photographed Polynesian Society party in Sydney recen[?] —A Teles

Port Moresby bride, Miss Kath Coate[?] married Mr. Desmond Francis at the [?] Church in Port Moresby on May 16.

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is entering the Fiji Public ce, for three years, is Dr. J. nyi, a chemist, from Adelaide, /as accompanied by his wife he is joining the staff of the rtment of Agriculture.

,e is no Anglican clergyman known in the Pacific Islands the Rev. G. W. Whonsbon the bachelor Chaplain of n Samoa. He has served in luinea, in Fiji and in Poly- He will retire from Western (where he has been since n November, and will return i service of his Church in s Archdeacon. Between the ; when he was Vicar of (1939) and Vicar at a, he spent five years in the luinea field. He is noted as ch-builder. He built a church ika, and the church he built stern Samoa has been de as one of the loveliest in cific Islands. * * * D eter White, lately Press and Relations Officer to the

Commandefim-Chief, Far

ir Force, has been appointed ry of the Fiji Visitors’ , in succession to Mr. R. A. t. He is 37, and went to Suva y as an announcer for the ■oadcasting Commission. Mr. has been three years in are; and Bob Hewlett has 'oceeded to that same city ome Director of Tourism * * ♦ delegation goes from West amoa to the forthcoming Nations Trusteeship Council I. Annual reports on the Trust Territories are due

shirt and that beard, attracted a lot tion in Sydney, before their owner, Mr.

Dexter, of Papeete, Tahiti, returned May.

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for discussion again. NZ Commissioner in Western S 5 Mr. G. R. Powles, with Mrs. P c left Apia on Thorshall on M( Three Samoan High C Tamasese, Malietoa and Ms Flame, will follow later in tinr the meeting (in July). Thein is to explain to the sceptical teeship Council why the San do not want universal suffrag prefer their matai (heads of fa system of political represent}

Mr. Charles McPhee, an tralian artist who has won fame for his paintings of Polyn Islands scenes, and for his on velvet, reports that he m “swamped” by commissions, all parts of the world. At pn he is living in New Zealand,, Auckland; but he and his Tal wife hope soon to return to F Polynesia. * * * The man chosen as Papua Guinea’s liaison officer in Ne lands New Guinea (see abow

Mr. Raphael den Haan, newly-a[?] Netherlands New Guinea Liaison Officer Moresby under a scheme of greater co-op between the Australian and Dutch Ten He was formerly a District Commissi[?] NNG. His opposite number is Mr. H[?] West, formerly Acting-DC in Southern Hi[?] District of Papua (see below).

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Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Carriage after marriage at Taurama Chapel, Port Mores May 3. The bride was formerly Mr[?] Whitmore.

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ipposite number) is Mr. Harry am West, who for the last six :hs had been Acting District nissioner in the Southern lands District of Papua. He d P-NG’s Native Affairs Dept., four years military service, in 1946 and has climbed the r along the usual route from il Officer, ADO, Acting District ?r etc. His service has been in be, Sepik and Highlands Dis . He is 36 and was married a nonths ago. * * * Percy F. Parkes who has on the staff of W. S. Tait and ty. Ltd., Sydney, for 59 years, d at the end of May. Mr. -S, aged 81, has been deputy nan of the firm for 20 years m the board of directors for years. He was mainly con d with shipping and marine mce and has a wide cirdle of Is throughout the Pacific who dim well in his retirement. * * * ; re-appointment of Mr. G. as Resident Commissioner of ook Islands was confirmed by Zealand’s new Labour Gov nt in April. This was reported e Rarotonga Island Council ing Mr. Nevill’s return from and from consultations with jvernment in New Zealand. * ♦ * Karlo A. Andersen, recently ed as having resigned from isition of manager of Manuae plantation, Cook Islands, has re-appointed manager, but is relieved by Mr. Kare Masters e leave overseas. Manuae has tvidely advertised for sale. * * * Edward Hallstrom was taken early June after he returned a three days visit to New a to attend the half-yearly *g of the Hallstrom Livestock auna Trust. Sir Edward flew ent three days and then flew

the first wedding held in the Salvation Hall, Boroko, Port Moresby, on April 20, I. Wheeler was married to Mr. R. Burnicle.

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back. He is due to leave for Eu at the end of June. ♦ * * Yet another expert is makii, long visit to Papua-New Gut He is Dr. S. A. Wurn, Senior Ft' in linguistics at the Austrr National University. He will Sc five months amongst the Guinea Highlanders taking o their speech, legends and stori© a tape recorder. He hopes toe termine how many language gn there are already known U plenty—and this may throw light on the migration and oc of these people. * * * Concurrently an English ant pologist, Anthony Forge, is st ing the place of Art in the of the Sepik District natives ofi He will take a year for theE while he lives among them. TH supposed to be a “new approc (However, he is not the firs that field—not by a long Longer ago than we like to ren ber, one of the editors of lived in the same area and. collected Art. You should have i up and seen some of her tamba: sometime.) * * * The world Conference of Sev Day Adventists being held ini United States has attracted gates from many lands but got more publicity than 6 ft Parkin Christian, 73, of Piti Island, former Chief Magistral; the little island and great-g grandson of Fletcher Chriii leader of the Bounty mutir (There are over 50 other Pitcaii bearing the name of * * * One of the early VlP’s ti north this year was the Miii for Belgium in Australia, Mon W. Stevens. He paid a 10 daysa to Papua-New Guinea at th© of May.

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Chadwick who were married in New Guinea. The [?] Miss Ann McDonald. They chartered [?] in Port Moresby for themselves and and flew to Wau to be married. Th[?] live in Rabaul.

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: to his old stamping ground ay went Mr. J. H. Jones, official of Papua - New l’s Native Affairs’ Department > then called District Services lative Affairs). He is now lia’s special representative at halted Nations Trusteeship 1 and was back in the Terri > get a refresher course be attending the Trusteeship 1 meeting in New York soon, ones, before he left Port y, went on record as saying ie development of the natives he last two years “amazed ♦ * ♦ ain I. J. Sanders, New Zeawho has been Com : of Tonga Defence Force 5 past two years, has been led by Captain P. R. Hockley, i Hockley, who arrived at lofa with Mrs. Hockley in was recently Adjutant, First on, Wellington Regiment, Jaland. * * ♦ itch couple who did well in ew Guinea, in the five years eaving Indonesia, have now in Brisbane where they are g a house and six shops

Mr. H. Jenkins, and his wife, left for Wewak on the "Malekula" where II spend two or three months with son, and his wife. Mr. Jenkins is well as the managing director of William Cigarettes, and this is his first visit Islands. LOWER: Mr. J. A. G. Miller, rveyor for the Australasian Petroleum Ltd,, in New Guinea, returned to Port on "Shansi" with his wife after 3½ leave spent touring Australia. They en living in New Guinea for the last

which will be the nucleus of income. They are Mr. and Mn H. Jansen. He has been wo:< in Lae as a motor mechanic, dozer operator and a collecto scrap. They have two chill Marianne, 6, and Peter who < born while his parents were in Territory. * * * Passengers arriving in AucW per April Maui Pomare fromr Cook Islands included Mr.

Ingram, Rarotonga business and theatre owner, Mr. H»] McKegg of Cook Islands Trs Co., Mr. W. Ryan, head of I* Works Department, and the Fr. Placidus Rovers. Dr. N. Mi ham and Mr. A. Stenhouse medical research team also ( turned after several months in the Cooks. * * * A successful dairy farmer started from humble beginn. was awarded a medal and Ces cate of Honour for good citJ ship in Fiji on May 21 by^ Governor, Sir Ronald was Jagessar Chaudhary, as years old Indian who arrived in Colony in 1910 as an indenth labourer. * * * Newly born Mavis Kam H fourth daughter of Lae merch Mr. Kam Hong and Mrs. : Hong, will probably be one oft first and youngest Chinese too quire Australian citizenship, was born at the Lae Hospital May 18, and her father naturalised on June 4. Mr. ‘ Hong now has four daughters e two sons for whom Austrn citizenship is a matter of tion. In New Guinea, chili born to European parents have to be “naturalised”.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Curry were aboard th[?] "Malekula", headed for Port Moresby, Mr. Curry (shown) will be working Jackson Airport, for the Department of Aviation. This is the first trip to the for Mr. and Mrs. Curry.

iication for Australian citizen by the parents is more or less matic, but unless it is applied the children’s birthplace re is Trusteeship Territory where le are normally just are “Aus an protected persons”. * * * daughter was also born to Mr.

Mrs. Cedric Chee at the Lae ;ral Hospital on May 20. ♦ * * is reported that Mr. T. Hamil organiser of the Burnt Pine stment Co., Norfolk Island, is ig over the interest of the • shareholders and assuming control of the Paradise Hotel. * * * fellowship provided through Rockefeller Foundation will le Manek Lai Vithal, 20, of three more years at Otago “rsity, New Zealand, where he idying physics. When the three i are complete he will return ji as a lecturer at the Central cal school. older brother, Maganlal il, aged 30, is studying law at Durne University; and a ?er one, Champak Lai has a Government of India Fel tip and will study for a BSc e in India. All are sons of an n barber of Suva. A fourth er, Prahhubhai Vithal, is ing on the family business now the father is too old to do so. * * ♦ poral J. W. Litchfield, 21, of Regular Fiji Military Force, ittend an officer cadet school rtsea, Victoria. He is the first from Fiji’s Regular Force to —previously they went to cadet Is in England. * * * first Fijian to go to India liversity is Mikaeli Yasa, 20, has won a Government of scholarship to study for a ' in agricultural science at ibad. * * * famous Fijian, Ratu Sir Lala la, buried this month with traditional ceremonies among m people at Lakemba, was on urth visit to Europe when he it sea. He went first to Lon n 1913, when he became a it at Oxford University. After • in the French Foreign i in World War I, he re l to London in 1920. He went o the centre of the Common i, as a special guest, at the ation of Queen Elizabeth 11, 3. ♦ ♦ * re has been a general-post in Department of Education. . G. Rodger has moved up Deputy Director to Director. • McGrath has gone up from Inspector to Deputy. Mr.

Bay, a New Zealander, who 2l years in Fiji, now be

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comes Chief Inspector. New Zea land supplies much trained per sonnel to the Fijian Departments of Health and Education. • * * Well-known Fiji business man, Mr. W. E. Goodsir, managing direc tor of Kadavu Timber Company, became seriously ill at Kadavu on June 2, and the New Zealand mine sweeper Stawell went across to Kadavu that night to take him to hospital in Suva. He recently re turned from Australia, where he had been under medical treatment.

Mr. E. T. Fulton and daughter Elizabeth, left Melbourne for their plantation “Makurapau”, Kokopo District, New Britain in June. Eliza beth, who has been ill, gets time off from school, while sisters Mary and Katherine keep Mrs. Fulton company at Mt. Eliza, Vic.

Madame Ingebord de Beausacq, who was collecting native artifacts on the Sepik River, NG, last year for the US market, was back in Port Moresby in June with a scheme for setting up an export industry of artifacts on behalf of the New Guinea natives.

Mr. William J. Sebald, United States Ambassador to Australia joined the north-bound travellers, when he left Sydney on June 16 for a nine days tour of Papua-New Guinea.

Mr. F. W. Blackford, senior tech nical service officer of ACF and Shirleys Fertilizers Ltd., left Bris bane in June for a four weeks’ tour of New Guinea and Papua. He will discuss the pest and disease control of coffee, cocoa, rubber and coco nuts with interested parties.

Mr. Douglas S. Askew, produce inspector for the P-NG Department of Agriculture, returned to Samarai, Papua, on the June "Shansi", after a period of leave in Sydney. Mr. Askew has been well known around the South Pacific for 30 years. In the early 'thirties he worked hard to have New Hebrides sulphur deposits exploited—but to no avail.