Mr. Nat Logan-Smith, pe

director of the US Pacific Is. T ship Territory government, ] tired after a 31-years’ caret the US Federal Government. ] the oldest employee of the T ship Territory under the I ment of the Interior, having ferred from the Navy Depa in 1951. An honours graduate University of Hawaii, Mr.

Smith is a former Naval anc Guard officer.

NZ’s Deputy Prime Ministe C. F. Skinner, accompanied wife, private secretary (Mr.

Nelson) and NZ's member British Phosphate Commissio: R. B. Tennent), paid a brie to Ocean and Nauru pho islands in March. The party the Commission’s vessel Ti at Brisbane, and is expected in Auckland aboard her on Ma Mr. Skinner was making a sonal survey of the remaining phate resources of these i upon which NZ farmers great pend for fertiliser. * * * Mr. S. Inazu, representative leading Japanese industrial c( of Mitsui and Co. Ltd., ' Western Samoa during Fel and had discussions with G( ment and commercial repr atives. He was interested in pu] ing Samoan copra—his firm buy 1,000 tons per month, could be lifted by phosphate diverted from Makatea Polynesia). Mr. Inazu was all terested in cocoabeans, for there is a growing market in J He indicated that his firm mig disposed to establishing a crushing-mill in Samoa, but th truction of a permanent would be necessary, as all oil have to be piped into tankers * * * A monument to the late tinguished ethnologist, Elsdon

Photographed in Sydney—Mesdames Viale and Simone Elder, both from No[?] a visit. —T e |e

unveiled at Tawa, near Well n, NZ, by the New Zealand e Minister on February 27. The iment, a granite pillar with a 3.0 plaque, bears the inscrip “Nearby at Grasslees Faim, m Best, Maori ethnologist, was on April 30, 1856. His ashes ere.” Elsdon Best wrote papers many facets of Polynesian :re covering a vast field of re h and study, placing him at forefront of authoritative :rs on Polynesian affairs. * * * v. Francis Mihalic, SVD, BA, of oa g Catholic Mission, New sea, has returned to his home in USA for a brief holiday ie taking up a post in Italy, irst went to NG in 1947, where :as engaged primarily in teacher iing and literacy work. His :imar and Dictionary of Neo mesian (Pidgin English), pub d in 1957, is a valuable con- Ition to New Guinea literature.

r. Eddie Lund, probably the best vn musician in the South fic. paid a short visit to Sydney i Fiji in February to complete ngements for one of the big rd firms to bring out a long ing disc of his numbers under title of “Rendezvous in Tahiti”, sellers would have scarcely re used the colourfully Islands sed pianist and drummer they v as the uncomfortable-looking l in the tight brown suit, busi ; shirt and tie, walking along ney’s hot pavements. An Ameri , he went to Tahiti 24 years ago stayed to make music. Last year, a business visit to NZ, he met i difficulties on his way back to

farewell party in the girls' mess at Burns Port Moresby, for popular Miss V. Ponson. [?]e photo, left to right, from the back are Lee Baggley, Miss Ponson, Mrs. C. Hilder, [?]. Francis, Miss S. Willan, Miss R. Jones. —Papuan Prints.

Tahiti and had to stay over i while the matter of his landir residence permit in Tahiti w; ing straightened out. * * * Having just retired as I Accountant-General in Fiji, ai years in the Government S Mr. W. P. Ragg is booked to Suva shortly for Europe to j Rome Olympic Games. He always taken a close intere sport—he is president of Amateur Athletic Associatior managed Fiji’s team of spor who competed at last Melt Olympics and at the Empire G in Wales. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Ron Croi arrived in Samoa recently froi Cook Islands. On an Aust National University scholarsh will carry out a land tenure si formerly he was with the Co Public Works Dept., from 19 1958. Mrs. Crocombe (she Marjorie Hosking before her r age last year) was one of the scholarship pupils sent from Islands to NZ, after the war she has been teaching at Cl sc ever since she returned home,

Mr. Junji Nishime, Directo Economics of the local admini tion in Ryukyu group, North Pa arrived in Australia from Okii late February to hold trade with senior officers of the Dei ment of Primary Industry ; Trade. Australia-Ryukyu trad not large at present, but is caj of expansion—the first sales of . traliam rice were made there cently. In March, the Sydney ag for the China Navigation Co. nounced its vessels will call Okinawa once a month on nc bound voyages, commencing Ma; * * * Dr. Richard W. D. Maxwell, retired late last year from the

Recent Rabaul, New Guinea, wedding—Mr.[?] Lee to Miss Rose Mah. The best man w[?] Jeffrey Chung and the bridesmaid was Lan The ceremony was at the Rabaul Me Church. Photo: L.[?]

Tector of Health in Samoa, nas settled down in Sydney, 25 years medical work in Pacific. He was born in Fiji. * * * i Chester B. Leedom, of Wash- USA, accompanied by Mrs. :m and infant son, arrived at Pago recently to assume office distant Attorney-General. He ;be acting Attorney-General the Attorney-General, Mr. •y P. Baird, proceeds on vaca n July.

J. Golson, lecturer in pre •y at Auckland University, re d to NZ early in March after months of archaeological ex ion work on Isle of Pines, New onia. He reported that his had unearthed a few decorated and had investigated some ds which appeared to be man but about which the local e now know nothing of their i. No important finds had been

D. W. R. Heatley, Resident missioner of Niue Island, took ecently, and a special RNZAF jy flight was made from Fiji lick him up. He was flown to i and spent part of February the Colonial War Memorial Dital.

I Mrs. Rex Hoopert after their marriage LMS Church, Port Moresby, in February, opert is with BP's, and the bride was [?]y Miss B. Dodds. Photo: Papuan Prints.

[?]d Mrs. L. T. Hack and family returned to Island recently following vacation. Mr. has been Radio Superintendent at this for a number of years, earlier serving rotonga. As a radio "Ham" his voice is known all over the world.

=er Secretary of State for the Lies, Mr. Lennox Boyd, agreed • Tiney in early March, at the »f his two months holiday tour s South Pacific, that he hadn’t been interested in finding out happened to his Uncle Ben, in the Solomons in 1851. He the newspaper stories that had ved him around the world were ed, presumably, because of thing he had happened to say journalist friend. “I suppose a pretty good opportunities to all the checks I wanted when a the Colonies post,” said the •ful Mr. Lennox Boyd, with in. Nevertheless, he and Lady icia visited Wanderer Bay dur iheir tour, received a warm wel from the local natives, and issed the old murder. “A very village,” was their comment.

r. F. M. Bateson, Rarotonga’s e-time astronomer of world re , has received the Jackson it Medal from the Royal Astro ical Society, London, as a re of his work on variable stars a long period. This is the first sion the medal has gone to a Zealander. Mr. A. L. Jones, of aru, NZ, who has been making rvations in association with Mr. *son, also received the award.

Pierre Roux (right), well-known Papeete and pastrycook, met a former Tahiti resi- Mr. Carl Swenson —now an employee with [?]harbour ferry company—when he visited wo sons in Auckland in January-February. [?]bruary Mr. Swenson and his daughter Svea ne New Zealand subjects. Originally [?]ish, Mr. Swenson has been a French citizen for many years.

er recent Port Moresby wedding—Miss D. [?]ens to Mr. B. Lovejoy, at the Taurama I. Photo: Papuan Prints.