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CDbably one of the youngest iintments to the rank of super ndent in any police force is that uuperintendent Brian Holloway, japua-New Guinea.

Illoway’s promotion from in -3,0r to superintendent was con >ed in March. He is 33 years of > comes from Adelaide, and for ;oast few years has been officer jiarge of Kokopo Police Station Rabaul. His new appointment » eventually take him to Port i:sby, where he will become irintendent Training for the □ Papua and New Guinea Con- Jilary. About, the same time rner superintendent from the aul district, Superintendent ray McNaught will take up ss at headquarters in Port 2«by as Superintendent Investi ng.

rst appointment of a Fiji m as head of a Government de cent became effective when John Amputch became Com ;oner of Labour at Suva early :pril. He succeeds Mr. Norman ion. who left Fiji in March to n to UK. Mr. Amputch has had iried career—apprentice with )Co., docket checker with Morris

[?]r way to England in March—attractive [?]Patricia Bain, of Suva. She probably the holiday—she was one of two official [?]rs seconded to the Commission of In tonation the Suva disturbances, which con its work on March 4 after taking down [?]pages of typescript evidence. The other [?]r was Mrs. Margaret Gould. The report [?]is expected to be released shortly.

Photo: C. L. Cheng.

Hedstrom Ltd., Vacuum Oil I representative in NW Fiji, Moi Hedstrom branch manager for N 1 and Tavua; then labour officer the Government Service, which joined in 1944. In 1952 he stud labour relations in Trinidad, tl did the Colonial Office train course. He is 48, married, witl daughter (a Sacred Heart nun NZ), and two sons (one studji for the priesthood in Australia, other at high school in Suva). * * * In a cloak and dagger atn phe r e, former Tahiti politic Pouvaana a Oopa, was in Ma spirited away from Papeete by si headed for a prison in Fra Pouvaana was sentenced to e: years gaol last October on cha; that included attempted murder arson.

In Auckland, in March, was Lehmann, of West Berlin, I sentimental journey with his and daughter. In 1914, Carl Lehn was a cadet in the German freij Elass, lying in Pago Pago har To avoid internment —as he tho —he and other crew members ' off” in one of the ship’s life: for Western Samoa, then Ge; administered. The nautical was greeted, however, by New land troops and soon Lehi found himself interned on Me Island, near Auckland. A while; Count Felix von Luckner joine? internees there, he having been captured in Fiji and then recap: in the Kermadecs after esc: from Motuihe.

Mr. Lehmann said in Auc: that von Luckner, still fit andt is now living in Hamburg. * * * Dr. T. T. Barrow, keeper of : and Pacific Islands historical lections at Dominion Museum, , ington, NZ„ is at present doing, months’ research work at Berm

In Sydney recently at a meeting of the nesian Association were Mick Kuresa of West Samoa, and Mick (Mellis) Spowa[?] Suva. —Tel[?]

lop Museum, Hawaii. He will ilete a book (for the layman) he riting on Peoples and Arts of Pacific Islands.

3e in New Guinea, as reported London newspaper interview • Countess Ingeborg de Beausacq: [hunters will eat somebody [like so as to absorb their kind- Once she tended a wounded hunter and he was so grateful he wrapped his arms tightly ud her, pulled out masses of her ;and began eating it. She was [ “just in time”.

. F. D. Betham, a European Jd member of Samoa Legis i Assembly, has been invited

[?]raphed in a thoughtful moment at the [?]dia (Netherlands New Guinea) conference [?]ch between Netherlands and P-NG officials Mr. H. C. Smith, Netherlands Embassy [?]e for New Guinea Affairs in Canberra. [?]s adviser to the Dutch legation. (See page 19.)

[?]t the Hollandia conference, Dr. John [?]r, Assistant Administrator of P-NG and of the New Guinea delegation, with Mr.

McCarthy of the Australian Department [?]ritories, Canberra (adviser to the Aus [?]delegation). They discuss a point with NG's Governor, Dr. Platteel (right).

by the Commonwealth Pari mentary Association to atten course in parliamentary pra< and procedure in London from 2 to June 2, and will leave . in April. Samoa Legislative sembly intends to apply for a ated membership of the Associa

For the fifth successive year Bob Bunting, MLC, has been el.

Papua-New Guinea State pres; of RSL. The three vice-presii are Messrs. W. J. Hughes Mainland), P. Bosgard (Papua): D. Barrett (NG Islands).

Mr. R. P. Berking, of L_ Apia, a pioneer German S 3 celebrated his- 80th birthds Apia on April 1. He arrive Samoa 60 years ago and, unti NZ occupation, was Collects Customs under the German Go ment. Later he took up plantim

Irakau, of Baliau village, on Manam New Guinea (where a volcano erupted in —see page 23), has his own plantati about 16,000 coconut palms on the islan told Government officials during the er "We know our island. Nobody is frigl We will only go if you want us to". body wanted him to.

Photo: K. Vellacott

Two well-known members of Port M[?] younger set, Miss June Roberts and Davis, who plan to marry at the end year and will live in Goroka in the Highlands.

Photo; Papuan

isered the coffee industry. He t looks 15 years younger than ]Age. * * * [;ther Virgil Copas, MSC, will be Bishop of Port Moresby rst. Patrick’s Cathedral, Too nba, Queensland, on April 27. iis the first Australian to be I>p of the vicariate —hitherto it coeen under the province of the cch Missionaries of the Sacred ft. The bishop-elect was at one [ business manager of Vunapope ).on, Rabaul, then at Samarai, re being transferred to Northern ritory as superior at Darwin. * * * :,irch 31 was a proud day for ,J. B. Fonoti, local merchant i importer in Western Samoa — mew £20,000 store building at waea was opened with a cele jon attended by 800 guests.

in. Fiame Mataafa, Prime Min of Western Samoa, who has in Middlemore hospital, Auck- NZ, receiving treatment for a injury, will be discharged this ;h. Retiring NZ High Com i.oner in Samoa, Mr. G. R. ;es, who has been given a new in India, was due to return to land on April 10 and intended to go with Hon. Mataafa to ington for talks with NZ Gov lent leaders. Mr. Powles made tfinal farewell speech to the Legislative Assembly on :h 22. ♦ * * -ss Patricia Butler, former ias air hostess in New Guinea, awarded substantial workers’ sensation by a Sydney judge in \, after she claimed she had •acted amoebic dysentry in 1955 - in NG with Qantas. Medical

Commodore of the P. and O. fleet of 38 [?]s Capt. H. P. Mallet, who is in command [?]e 30,000 ton "Iberia". Capt. Mallet [?] Commodore J. W. Last, captain of the [?]n" who has retired. The new Commodore [?]d a Tasmanian girl and they have their home in Melbourne.

evidence suggested that the met of infection was through na food handlers “whose supervij apparently was not good”.

New Hebrides businessman E Gubbay, accompanied by Japa;, fishing technicians, have been v ing the BSIP recently. They II been considering the possibilitie commercial fishing, including w ing, in the BSIP.

Mr. Anthony Garvey, the es son of the late Governor of Sir Ronald Garvey, now has o pleted his education, and has jo the Sydney staff of the well kn Australian mercantile house, Me Mauri Bros, and Thomson, Ltdfc

Mr. Alwyn Campbell, of the Government T cal School, Lae, New Guinea, who is a son of Pastor and Mrs. A. J. Campbell, known New Guinea missionaries, was m at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in S[?] recently to Miss Edna Spoor, of the S[?] Voice of Prophecy Radio. Pastor Campbell self conducted his son's wedding.

Photographed in Sydney recently, Mrs. T. mand (right) formerly Truda Camero[?] Nukualofa, Tonga, with her pretty da[?] Kelela. Also from Nukualofa is Miss Anna -Tele

acts to be married soon. He was . in Fiji, and was educated tcly in England. Sir Ronald wey, who retired in 1959 from IBritish Colonial Service, is now srnor of the Isle of Man. Lady wey was Miss Pat McGusty, [•'liter of a former Chief Medical >ser, Dr. McGusty, in Fiji. * * * uck in Fiji in March was Dr. I. adocks, of Melbourne University, savouring to solve a puzzling jtion that arose out of his visit ne Colony in 1958, At that time made 8,000 blood pressure tests oeople of all races in Fiji and . went back to Australia to Date the results. They showed rmarkable difference between the cd pressure readings of Euro ;is over 40 and those of Fijians : Indians in the same age group. he is sampling a large number mdian business and professional in the 40-60 group to find out usiness worries and responsibil send their blood pressure surg i as is the case with European

>rd Tedder, Marshal of the al Air Force, who was No. 2 to mhower in World War II as uty Supreme Commander of the ■id Expeditionary Forces, paid a It visit to Fiji early in April, with y Tedder, on the way to USA. iis now chairman of a British or vehicle company. During the „ it came out, surprisingly ugh, that Lord Tedder had been :ie Colonial Service before World I—and had served in Fiji as ildet. He made a nostagic “I -there” visit to Lautoka where was stationed between February September, 1914, when he re .ed to UK to take a commission the Dorsetshire Regiment. He lunted how he was instructed by then Fiji Colonial Secretary on

rng very pleased with himself, is Mr. Jim of Thio, New Caledonia, who has just ed and landed this outsize groper. Weight is 100 kilos.

the outbreak of war in August, 1 to organise the defence of Laut against possible attack by the C man warships Gneisenau a Shamhorst.

Queen Salote Tupou ,of Tc arrived in Auckland from Nukus by the Tofua on April 10, on a vate visit to NZ. She was aco panied by her two young grj daughters, Princess Pilolevu Princess ’Ofeina, who will atl school in the Dominion. Qj Salote is expected to make a U informal visit to Australia du May.

At the Polynesian Association of Sydne Martial Sage, of Papeete, Tahiti, who b a French friend, Mr. Jean Molie, also of P —Tele

Married at St. Mary's Catholic Church, New Guinea, in March —Mr. and Mrs. O Jean-Antoine Colombet. The bride was fon Margaret Anne Gold. A recording of the riage ceremony will be sent to the bridegn parents in France.

Photo: Otto Br[?]

R. A. Davis, a former Chief £1 Officer at Rarotonga, has nd his second book published Ji Makutu. Michael Joseph, its ji publishers, described it as a iJlealing with the old religious i of the Cook Islanders. Tom r Who is part-Polynesian and [mga-born, sailed his yacht ffrom Wellington, NZ, to USA, in 1952 when his term Ik Is. CMO ended. The saga voyage with his wife Lydia Dmily and his medical experi rn the Cooks became Doctor Islands, a book that caused [lively discussion in NZ and mga. Since then, in USA, he ;en working with the US Army ejects associated with the of extremes of climate and Eation of the human body, ime was considered for the Executive Officer for Health 5 South Pacific Commission at st SPC session in Noumea, eb job, under Australian sup

vent instead to

Dr. T. K. A.

Paul Hasluck, Minister for tries, will leave Canberra on ; 27, to attend the British onwealth Prime Ministers’ =ence in London with Prime er Robert Menzies. After the tnce, they will go on to USA re talks with UNO Trustee :ouncil members and will con h top Government and Islands :S in NZ on the last stage of journey. There was some -tion in P-NG that this trip presage Mr. Hasluck’s becom iternal Affairs Minister (held ?y Menzies since Mr. R. G. .was elevated to the peerage). .nberra officials took pains to out that Mr. Hasluck’s selec ts “because of his experience iivil servant at international sices” and because Terri affairs will be cropping up in is’ discussions.

and farewells were extended by many residents to incoming and outgoing of the Commonwealth Bank there in eaving for Sydney were Mr. and Mrs. [?]yant (left) after five years, and in [?]ere Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Glasson, from South Australia.