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r. K. Abbott, Assistant of Medical Services in the ‘ublic Health resby, is the new Executive for Health of the South Commission. Appointed at i session of the SPC in last month, he succeeded svn Dr. Emile Massal, who ist April.
E. Fox, MBE, MA, D.Litt, the best known Melanesian worker in the Solomons, is onths’ holiday in New Zea im Taroaniara. Aged over is spent 50 years in BSI.
arwick McComas, manager Commonwealth Bank of Honiara, returned to Aus tin BSI early in November, been succeeded at Honiara c M. Macartney, who is no to Islands service—he was
[?]s. H. T. Kienzle, of Mamba Planta [?]a, photographed in November at the [?]f the Kokoda Trail Monument. It [?]nzle who had the monument erected.
See page 20. —Photo-Malik.
[?]s. Jack Mason, of Yodda Plantation, [?]ed the dinner which followed the [?] the Kokoda Memorial. (See p. 20.) —Photo-Malik.
■s at Port Moresby, Papua, L accountant and, later, for two years at Kavieng, [and, NG. For the past 12 he has been at Ipswich Queensland. * * * rancis Talasasa, who re d BSI in October from UK, ;n appointed District of Malaita the first Islander to occupy such a m Roviana, in the Western 3, he went to Fiji for y education, then spent rs at St. Andrew’s College, arch, NZ. He graduated i Canterbury College Uni- NZ, and received his MA at Cambridge University, wear’s study.
m Waddell, assistant man- Millers Ltd., Suva, and Hood, former matron at were married at Hamilton, October 24. After their on, they will return to Fiji r. Waddell is one of the oung executives with the r group of companies. * * * effort to stimulate greater iterest in goldmining, Mr. nson, field assistant in j Mines Department, spent 3r and October in a two “walkabout” from Popon orth coast of Papua, to NG. He trekked from Pop to loma, then north along t to Morobe, followed the !iver into Garaina, thence headwaters of the Waria Rivers to Wau. Result: He
d school teacher Miss Mary Alice [?] gone to Aitutaki, in the Cooks, women's interests. She is taking Ifare project established by Miss M. the South Pacific Commission, earlier Miss Hopkirk has been a school 14 years, and has worked in London and Ethiopia.
the Waria area to develop large and profitable native area. * $ H* . L. Gregg, Registrar-Gen- Fiji, who returned to Suva last Mariposa, was on the ring the whole of his leave, lated that he covered 40,000 a world tour that embraced i, NZ, the Far East, the Cast, UK, Europe and USA.
ohn Gutch, High Com r for the Western Pacific, y Gutch, reached Honiara er 31, after several months’
UK. They flew from Lon- Australia, then by air to orides and on RCS Coral rom Vila to BSI.
ewis N. Cotlow, the well- American traveller and who produced the film, Juku”, with its unique shots animal life in Africa, has "k again in NG—this time some hitherto unseen in the centre of Dutch New He is a man of vision, with appreciation of what is un nd filmable in the lesser
[?]r and Mrs. Henry Bruce Inch photo [?]ter their wedding recently at St. [?]ary's Catholic Church, Lae.
Photo: Otto Brabant.
Reid (left), who will be Fiji's next [?]or Fijian Affairs (taking over from Mott), in Suva recently with Mr. L. [?]on, of Tonga. Mr. Nott leaves Fiji in December. —Fiji PRO.
known parts of the world. E turned to New York, via Sydni October. ** * J Dr. J. M. Cruickshank, whor a few years in Sydney as the 9 representative of the World ”
Organisation (a section ofi activities) left Australia in f to take personal charge of highly-specialised private hi in California; and he now is < there. Dr. Cruickshank is? known in Fiji where, for I time, he was Director of I Dr. Cruickshank has been foi in Sydney by Dr. Lawrence E 3 an Englishman, who recentl in charge of a regional orgara of the World Health Organr with headquarters at Manilsl WHO has many contacts thl out the South Pacific and, pm a good deal will be seen Roberts in the various Terri-:
Stephen Finau, 11-years of a Tongan Government received some publicity in newspapers recently, in a “fl Islands to the Outback” sfc scribing his fortnight’s stas remote north-west cattle near the Queensland border is a member of Newingtonr Junior Farmers’ Club, and i him and 15 other students O. Cohen, an old Newingtonir showed them all aspects of 1 station life. * * * Mr. Ernest Agate, of Taranj to Fiji from NZ 22 years?, manage the Navua Dairy “for a time”. But he stayed! on. and it was only last moo
What the well-dressed governor w[?] Governor of Fiji, Sir Kenneth Wladdock suit and plumed hat, marches out units of the Fiji Special Constabul paraded for the first time, in Suva [?]
lly left the Colony—to live ement in NZ. Mr. Agate, lirying for a time, leased lotel for a few years. Later founded the Frostee Ice Do. Ltd. and ran this con til it merged with NZ ice interests as Tip Top Ice Do. (Fiji) Ltd. * * ♦ aslyn Williams, senior pro f the Australian Common- Film Unit, was in New a short time ago making id the outcome of one pro ; seen by Queensland tele on November 2. It was VBQ’s showing of the prize film “Growing Up With vhich covered many aspects s development in P-NG, as ed by one native, Guba. f-hour feature focused at on some of Australia’s lents in the Territory— and its responsibilities.
L. Iremonger, formerly a Officer in the Gilbert and lands and in Fiji, was re vith an increased majority srvative member for Ilford n the UK general election )ber. His wife, Lucille er, is a talented writer, who i several books with an flavour published, * * * oti Tikaram. LLB, of Suva, pointed Magistrate (First n October, with civil juris on actions involving values ) £4OO. Mr. Tikaram is be o be the first local Fiji ' and solicitor to receive appointment while still in The appointment was ed by a shortage of magis )llowing the transfer of Mr. jight to Aden.
well-dressed governor wears. The [?]f French Polynesia, Pierre Sicaud, suit and braided hat, on hand in greet Deputy French Premier Jacques [?]elle during his tour of Tahiti.
Photo: Studio Mackenzie.
cameramen David Atten and Geoff Mulligan have to Fiji from Tonga with )f Tongan scenes in their , but none of the under tanner’s Cave, which they »p e d to get (see PIM, tohn Gunther, Assistant rator of Papua-New Guinea, to the Territory in No after six months in Aus iree of them on leave and int attending the Australian ;ration Staff College, Mt. ictoria. The Administrator, r D. M. Cleland, will ro on leave.
t travelling Tongan who vspaper acclaim in No ras boxer and rugby player u, 24, who digs graves on in Yorkshire, England. He 300 in a football pool—but ;o keep working as a grave big piece of the cheque home to Tonga. ♦ * * iative tributes for a job e were paid by Suva city rs to mayor Arthur Leys retired in November after iar term. In recent years r has grown from one square seven. Suva business man Stinson has been elected i succession to Mr. Leys, * * ♦ G. Corbin reached Honiara nth from East Africa on ent as adviser on civil He will remain in BSI for hs.
Taurama Chapel, Port Moresby, re [?] Joan Bentley, of Brisbane, to Mr. [?]f Selby, Victoria. They will live at Napa Napa. —Papuan Prints.