Bad Break For Norfolk
p. 142 · Read in the full issue
Old-Timer
Norfolk Island’s spry est “oldster”, Mrs. Ellen von Moltke, who is S 9 this month, broke her leg at her home in Mission Road, NI, in May. A lady young in heart and active in body and mind, she could not tolerate the thought of inactivity—so she came to Sydney by Qantas air craft late May to have the bone pegged together.
Unfortunately, her leg bone was too shattered to be pinned and she is now in ward D 2, Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, trying to resign herself to a long period of convalescence while the fracture knits.
Mrs. Moltke possesses a re markable memory and can re call vividly events and people met, not only during her 30 years on Norfolk (for 21 of ivhich she conducted the store and newsagency known as “The Little Shop”) but also during her long period of residence in Fiji (she and her late husband lived near Nausori for 30 years).
Her brother, Sir Alport Barker, QBE, who died in 1956, was a former Mayor of Suva, Legis lative Councillor, and pro prietor of the “Fiji Times” for many years', Mrs. Moltke’s sister, Miss Holly Barker, an in valid, lived on Norfolk Island with her until her death in 1957.