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'hop Leo Arkfeld, of the Roman LO iic Divine Word Mission, ak New Guinea, is now on a re’tour of USA and Europe. In 'erritory that abounds with urful" personalities, Bishop eld is outstanding. Known as “Flying Bishop”, he has over flying hours to his credit and i an average of 30 flights \v over his swamp-ridden vicar- Born in Nebraska, USA, in Ihe later worked with his * at well-boring. He went to

[Guinea from Queensland at

md of the Pacific war. To help struct the war-torn mission, he i piloting ships and repairing ict Army trucks, then he took tying His drive and initiative Responsible for much progress tie mission field and he was ; a bishop in 1948.

r. Werner Knoll, a German who lived at Lae, New Guinea, for past two years, had an unusual jur paid him before he left for home in Munich at the end of -ember. Some 2,000 natives gave a huge farewell feast that *1 12 hours. his period at Lae he spent tically all his leisure time Rising native football matches, ; hmg players, and looking after welfare of Papuans working in district. He acted also as a Mary liaison officer between ou s native groups and the Ad

[?]s passengers arriving in New Caledonia [?]ow greeted by this luscious lass, 19-years old, New Caledonian, Edith Trubert.

Photo. Fred Dunn.

ministration. At the farewell'! native soccer and rugby ' social and women's clubs tribal groups presented hinxn over 50 gifts of mats, carving§i other work.

Dr. H. C. Brookfield, lectiu; social geography at Ausbj National University, Canbern turned to Sydney in Sepq after a five weeks’ visit to M lands New Guinea. He invest possibilities for ANU reseaif NNG, collected material in Lakes and Baliem Highland comparison with the ChimbiK P-NG, where he previously « out native studies, and gas; material for a book he intendb ing about NNG. That book : be a well-sought after additi Pacific literature —there an. books available, in English, thxi with this large developing territory.

Mr. Spencer Weaver, of Hod] was in Tahiti in early Octoci finalise arrangements for bef a big hotel on a shore site n between Papeete and the ner port. Preparatory work ha;£ proceeding on the site in i weeks and it appears reaa£

In Sydney at the Polynesian Associate Eddie Whinnen, just back from Raiii; Tahiti, with another traveller from Tae H. J. Gare. They are with Mrs. Esttz Maow. —Te[?]

Former Fiji residents also at a Polynes elation meeting in Sydney—David from Ba, who now lives in Sydney; Da[?] of Raki Raki, now of Rabaul, P-NG, [?] Kirkham, formerly of Suva and now [?] -TeT

certain that this particular hotel will eventuate. Mrs. Weaver belongs to Tahiti. * * * Governor Peter T. Coleman, of American Samoa, was a guest re cently at a conference of States’

Governors at the swank Sun Valley resort, Idaho (USA).

At the formal banquet ending the meeting, he was lavish in praise of the hospitality he and his Hawaiian wife, Nora, mother of 11 children, had received. Governor Coleman told his fellow governors that if he and his wife have another child, they would want to name it “Sun Valley Smylie”.

Governor Robert E. Smylie, of Idaho, host of the meeting, was on his feet in a minute. He told Gov ernor Coleman that the theme song of the plush resort was “It Happened In Sun Valley”. The assembled governors roared in delight.

Mr. lan McDonald, Chairman of the Papua-New Guinea Copra Marketing Board, left Port MOTesby in September for an official visit to the United Kingdom in connection with the disposal of , iex 1 t Q Territory copra. For the last two vears the Unilever Combine has made’ firm contracts for over 20,000 tons of P-NG copra per annum, at a price based on Philippines (or World) price and with copra scarce and nrices booming, Mr. McDonald could Sot have picked a better time for Ws current visit. He will return by the United States and Japan and will be back in Port Moresby by end of October.

Dean Knowles A. Ryerson, senior US Commissioner on the bourn Pacific Commission, who presided

Mr. Noel Tracey and Miss Pat Starr, at the Posts and Telegraph Ball recently held in Port Moresby.

Photo: Papuan Prints.

at the meeting of the SPC, t C commenced at Noumea on O 12, is going to take the lorn home. He will visit SPC rhini beetle research centres in : gascar and Kenya, where I feller Foundation funds ares used by the SPC studies. Pn c items on the SPC agendas! consideration of the annual I and appointment of a new Exx Officer for Health. Dean RH of the University of Cals College of Agriculture, is recovered after his recent sa hospital for surgery.

Mr. R. A. Hewlett, well-knn Fiji as an organising secretes: public relations man, is now s ber of the advertising staff 1 Australian Women’s Weekly ney, and he has been tourim Zealand on its behalf. The « tion of that journal, incidb is now over 700,000 —the lam Australasia.

Last year, Mr. Howletttd appointed head of the Tourr; partment in Singapore; bvc year, when a Government treme nationalists took ovev old-established British coloo was among the several high! pean officials who were un-cene ously dumped, although H been doing an excellent joi Hewlett then returned to A/ and —literally within houu grabbed by Consolidated Pit Women’s Weekly. * * * Mr. Ray Parer, famous and old New Guinea identity, a boat in Sydney Harbouiu months ago, and has made hirj there. He also bought an i somewhere; and —according ?

"I guess I'II never make that mistak said Steiner Ask, a crew member of t[?] shall" in Lae in September, where h name in the newspaper after accidenta ing himself in the buttocks while dem a cowboy trick with a pistol. The b removed in Lae Hospital.

Photo: Pat I

-he has placed the re-con -1 engine effectively in the i that he has a very service aft. He now is turning his ck to New Guinea—to which

I “Goodbye—finish” several

ago. thinks he might go freight tfew Guinea with this boat,” rerritorian. “But he’s too old • that sort of thing.” “Ray’s ;oo old for anything,” said old friend. ?w Guinea need not be sur i to see another coastal r turn up there any time, ly Parer as owner, navigator ?ineer. * * * August Hettig, well known e resident of Nukualofa, re to Tonga recently after a pell of treatment in the 1 War Memorial Hospital, He has made a good recovery is illness. * * * Brian Hurley, former well manager of the Grand Hotel in Suva, left Fiji last on his return to New I. He had a long spell in 1 in Suva, and he was there he Grand Pacific Hotel was the Union SS Co. Ltd., and over by the Cathay Hotel s, of Singapore. He is now rell again.

Lillian Millar, an old New n, left Sydney for Fiji at d of September, to become it manager of the new iotel in Suva, one of the rn Hotels chain.

Millar went to New Guinea fter Australia took over the te in the early ’Twenties, narried Mr. Bennett, an istration official. He later id, some time afterwards, on orobe goldfield, she married □by Millar. Mr. and Mrs. did not return to New Guinea World War II; and he died Iney, after a long illness, in i her memories of the New

[?]hed in Sydney recently, three young [?]he Islands—Panapa Alefaio, from the [?]ands; Neori Racule, of Tailevu, Fiji, [?]oseph Kamali, from Wallis Island. —Tele-Photo.

Guinea of 30 years ago, Mrs. L gave the American novelist, , B. Michener, a lot of valuabld colourful material and, in aof ledgement. She figured promiir in the dedication of his Pacifioi Return To Paradise. * * * Mr. Gerald Hensley, of tl: Department of External Affaiit been appointed a member 3 staff of the West Samoa s Commissioner, to assist in thri stitutional developments oo Territory.

M. Jean-Marc Deleffert, as French-Polynesian who cas Australia from New Caledonn months ago, sang two Pol:L folk songs in his Cafe Conth TV appearance on Channel Sydney, on September 24. whose first appearance on TV/ wore an Islands costume flower in his hair, and acconn himself on a guitar. * * * Mr. J. R. Foldi, New District Commissioner, anoi Foldi, were in September sje part of their leave in Sydnot headquarters at Neutral Bas Foldi has one of the “too; districts in Papua and New \ —the unpredictable Tolas!

Gazelle Peninsula, are amoi more or less loyal subjects. .< * * * Elder M. K. Maynard, Mormon Mission, formeie Hawaii, visited Samoa in .

September to oversee wov mission buildings in handb He later went on to NZ w.\r will be stationed at Hamilli the next three years. The ML Mapusaga High School in A;/ Samoa will be ready for opee< early 1960-, and good progc being made on the Pesega je at Apia. * * * =i Mr. James Lee, managing ? of Henderson Trippe Shipps of Hongkong, whose firm hrl

At the Polynesian Association in Sydnen Chin Fou, a member of a well-know[?] family of Papeete; with Kitty Nobbs [?] Island. —T[?]

i number of veteran Aus md NZ coasters—some for t_in recent years, was in ;arch of scrap metal cargoes October. ♦ * * hn Morris, Superintendent e in the BSIP, after many the Colonial Service, has red and will settle in the hngdom with his wife and * * * M. Noble, formerly clerk Executive Council of West md Administrative Officer Secretariat, has left Samoa of ill health. Among the was one by the Returned ten’s Association, of which been secretary. * * * -ly in the Secretariat, BSIP, Mr. M. M. Townsend i appointed District Com : Auki, Malaita Island, tober 1. Prior to going to nons, Mr. Townsend was in Hebrides and Gilbert and lands.

an absence of many years, ; De Berg Thomas has re to the Solomons as planta nager for R. C. Symes Pty. . De Berg Thomas has previ een in the Protectorate as on manager for Levers in isell Islands. * * ♦ lewly appointed BSIP Assist immissioner of Works, Mr.

Vood, with wife and children, Tived in the Protectorate ►ar-Es-Salaam, East Africa.

rs. A. A. Bowman, of Port Moresby, elebrated their 25th wedding anni e is the manager at the Hotel Papua.

Photo: Papuan Prints.

Dr. Alec Sinclair, a Msls psychiatrist, who made a su’jj the mental health of New i natives in 1957, on behalf : Commonwealth Government, there again soon for another Dr. Sinclair’s 1957 report wry received by most long-timer Guinea residents, who cora< that it was pretty well “on thl but a September announcerm Minister for Territories Paul I that the Government would pq appoint other psychologists t among the natives in thd future, caused some raised ey{‘ * * * Mr. A. J. Applebaum, of Sw< Sydney office, paid his first d visit to Fiji late in Septem make contact with tourist J there. * * * Mr. I. E. Butler, Lands Oft( the Gilbert and Ellice Islands s travelled to Suva in HMS 0 September then continued tt tralia, South Africa, and thes Kingdom on leave.

West Samoa’s first Prime M Fiame Mataafa, who has juu elected (see p. 23), was born x educated at the Marist H School near Apia and later ' at the London Missionary y logical College at Malua. H prominent LMS churchman also taken a keen and acttc terest in football, cricket andb He was elected to the Lege Assembly in 1957 and has.

Minister of Agriculture. He v of the Western Samoa delegs? meet the Queen in New Zeas; 1953 and last year, with Highly Tamasese and Malietoa a’js before the Trusteeship Court New York to explain some ‘ of Samoa customs.

Mr. Arne Hogsted, managing direct Hotel Les Tropiques, Papeete's leadib visited Suva on business late in travelling by TEAL flying-boat.

Tropiques is owned by Societe Hoo Tahiti, a subsidiary of South Seas Ltd., Buena Park, California, with w pany Mr. Hogsted, a Dane, was empl to transfer to Tahiti several years

i Herbert T. Kienzle, MBE ) who had a distinguished -d in the Solomons and on ida Trail in Papua, and is town planter paid his first .3 years to his birth-place, riji, recently.

ncent Zigas, of Kainantu, aea, who was first to make al investigation into the is “kuru” disease which is lembers of the Fore tribe created world-wide interest, l made a member of the i Academy of Neurology, an honour not often be utside America, received some publicity in in September as a result legation made by the As- Professor of Anthropology University of Washington, E. Read (an Australian) terested scientists in Aus ave acted with extreme lism in virtually proclaim as an Australian preserve, dent of excluding from the - other nationals who have actively engaged on the Nobody would say any it Professor Read presum d in mind American Dr. tjdusek, who had had some rer an entry permit. This id, whether as a result of jation nobody knows. * * * j. Nevill, Resident Com r of the Cook Islands, and vill, went to New Zealand s in early September, i absence of Mr. Nevill from ga—until about December —Mr. L. K. Pitt, Secretary ; Government, is acting t Commissioner

[?]rican Samoa for the first time since [?]d War II is Captain Eric Scanlan, Air Force, who is staying with his [?]minent businessman Herbert Scan [?] Scanlan was born in New Zealand [?]ved to Samoa when he was three, [?]ith the United States right through the war.

Photo: Pan American Prints.