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i Brisbane in late January en :e from the BSIP, from where he just retired as Western Pacific h Commissioner, Sir John Gutch the Press that he would like to the BSIP remain a protectorate another 15 or 20 years. However, added, the cry for self-govern it would probably occur before i. Sir John and Lady Gutch were ;heir way back to England. Later t called in at Sydney, where they dayed, without publicity, at lon Beach, with Mr. and Mrs.

I. A. Eden, and later went to the 3 Mountains.

ew Guinea’s best known priest, tier James Dwyer, has been isfered from the Catholic Mission Rabaul to Australia’s Northern ritory. He has been a vocal, id, member of the P-NG Legis ve Council since its inauguration .951, and has had interests in a e field of community work, mg those who paid a tribute to outstanding work of popular her Dwyer when the unexpected s of his transfer was announced January, was the Administrator, ?adier D. M. Cleland, who said t all sections of the Territory 'etted Father Dwyer’s departure.

[?] the Matson liner "Mariposa", made [?] er call at Rarotonga in January, Captain [?] Russell welcomed aboard "Miss Raro tonga" (June Taringer).

P-NG’s first university student John Nautera, 20, who last year be came the first P-NG native t matriculate. He has now bee awarded a four-year scholarship fc agriculture at Sydney Universit He is the son of a native store keeper on Yule Island.

Tonga’s world-ranked light-heavj weight, Jolhnny Halafihi (he’s ranke number seven) told his fans i January that he may bring h: English wife and their daughter \ settle permanently in New Zealan He arrived in Auckland from Lon don in late January for a series i NZ fights.

A Labour member of Australia] Federal Parliament. Mr. C. K. Jones who last year toured P-NG witli

Recently returned to NZ after relinquishin command of RNZAF station at Laucala Bay- Group Captain A. A. N. Breckon. He is show here with his wife and two sons aboard to "Orcades".

Photo: C. L. Cher

The South Pacific's only active astronomer Mr. Frank Bateson, has moved out of Raro tonga—lock, stock and telescopes—to settle in New Zealand. Mr. Bateson's observatory at Avatiu, Rarotonga, sponsored by overseas observatories, has been one of the sights of Rarotonga for a good many post-war years His "after-hours" work in the study of variable stars has brought him recognition on an international level in the astronomical world.

tarty of Labour politicians to v up party policy towards the ■itory for Australia’s forthcom general election, had something ay about New Guinea industry luncheon in Newcastle in early •uary. He said all Commonwealth ernments had been reluctant to ir the growth of New Guinea stries that might compete with ralian industries. Governments not want to encourage peanuts assionfruit, and didn’t want to urage moves to grow sugar on a large scale in the Terri ie NZ Minister of Island Terri s has written a letter of com iation to Mrs. G. W. A. Parks, of the former Resident Agent auke Island, Cooks, for her out iing work as the island’s dis nurse during her stay on the d. Her work in the field of c health was the subject of a al letter by the people to the ster.

k in Noumea from the 1961 c Area Travel Association rence in Honolulu in January, l’s official representative in Caledonia, M. Jean Brock, said onference was a big success, here had been some surprise e attitude of Tahitian repre iives who said they would not ahiti’s dues for PATA publicity The trouble, it appears, t Tahiti ppinion is divided on desirability of encouraging fcs there. Some think tourism ;ached the maximum and that »lands have “had” the high re tourist business. Others things may settle down when s film unit leaves, and the ny gets back to normal. * * * ion zoology student Michael 24, in January retired to an h village to write a book about cent adventures in Australia ew Guinea. Part of it will con - report of his search for a frog 18 in. long”, sometimes it the headwaters of Jimmi He didn’t find a specimen on

[?] the recent passengers leaving Fiji [?] the "Orcades" for NZ were Mr. and [?] enis Oldham. Mr. Oldham, an architect, recently completed his contract with Larsen and Associates, Suva.

Photo: C. L. Cheng

his recent trip, but he intends to g back next year and “tear the plat apart, rock by rock” until he finds i * * * The Netherlands Ministry of Hon Affairs announced at The Hague i January that the NNG Attorne; General, Mr. G. W. van Meyenfelc had resigned. It gave no reason f the resignation, but it followed £ investigation by Mr. van Meyenfel on reports that a Dutch official hs committed “cruelties” against nativ in the Baliem Valley. The Hoe Affairs Office said Mr. van Meyei feldt had recommended that i legal action need be taken again the official, “provided certain a ministrative measures were taken

The Cook Islands’ Chief Medii Officer, Dr. E. Simpson, in Janua described the condition of housi on Rarotonga as “extremely alan ing”. He had made a survey of but two of the villages on Rarotor in December and found 35 in ev( 100 were sub-standard, and ma were unfit to be used as homes all. One village possessed no 1 than 74 per cent, of unsatisfach homes. One householder had e mitted that 30 people slept in ! place each night. * * ♦ The Rev. Father Ernest Sabat of the Sacred Heart Order, who 1 compiled a Gilbertese-Frer dictionary during his 48 years si vice in the Gilbert and Ellice Islan and has also written a history the Catholic Mission in that Colo: was recently presented with the j signia of Honorary Member of \ Order of the British Empire the Resident Commissioner, I Bernacchi. * * * The Australian newspapers January 14 carried a report fn USA that famous American wri|

Papuan Forestry field assistant James Merava 19, left Port Moresby in January for a [?] months course at the Fiji Forestry Train [?] School. He Is the first P-NG native to st [?] forestry overseas. Here, shortly before [?] departure, he studies a survey map, with [?] assistance of Regional Forest Officer in Pap [?] Mr. E. C. G. Gray.

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jst Hemingway was undergoing tment in the Mayo Clinic, in lester, Minnesota. That day received a letter dated Janu -11, written from the Mayo ic, Rochester, Minn., by Father ; Bodnar, who was a popular ionary in the Highlands area of Guinea for many years Father 5 reported that the Mayo ex > were patching him up success tor a new parish in Texas; and he added: “Ernest Hemingway his wife are here, only a few is from me. He seems to be a kind gentleman. Since he is feeling too good, I do not talk im very often.”

and Mrs. Lloyd Hurrell, of New Guinea, have just spent i months caravanning holiday istern Australian States with five children, two of whom re down here at school. They re i to the Territory on February day after nominations closed le forthcoming P-NG Legis- Council elections, leaving Mr. 11 unopposed in the NG al electorate. made his debut as a MLC at >ctober, 1960, session of the ative Council. As he said him it the time, he was charged presenting the views of the ' who had elected him—so he ited them, in a maiden speech shook the new Council ber’s foundations. His future should be interesting.

Papuan James Merava was leaving Port [?] in January to study in Fiji (see opposite) a Fijian Visitors Bureau [?] officer, Manu Tupou, was leaving Fiji [?] ly at the University of Hawaii. He [?] o other applicants from Fiji were [?] a scholarship by the university. One others was young union secretary James [?], who was a key figure in the Suva riots of 1959.

Photo: Stinsons

s. Tom Manning, Associate’s ipion of the Honiara Golf Club, ; golfing news when she became irst person to hole-in-one on hniara Golf Course. She accom -5d the feat over the fourth hole 7 yards. Mrs. Manning is the of the BSIP Comptroller of and Telecommunications, and lad something of a spectacular ig career. She has been Asso champion for the past two

Commission of Inquiry into ji sugar industry, which will vital bearing on the Colony’s money earner, was arousing interest in Fiji in February, nan of the Commission, Sir m Trustram Eve, was due to in mid-February and the hearings to begin in early • His two assistants, Mr.

I. Bennett, a London chartered tant, and Mr. Ivison S. ley, of the Colonial Office, iomg preliminary interviews urs in early February. Sugar > are also being brought from and Australia to appear at luiry, and Mr. B. D. Laksh

[?] Year was heralded at the stroke of [?] at the Korolevu Beach Hotel, Fiji, [?] big function there in January, by [?] phanie Clark, who made this pretty picture.

Photo: Stinsons

an Indian member of the lative Council has been attend n Australian sugar industry in to gather background. ale aie American Samoa’s Governor Coleman was visiting Wash n in early February, back home were asking, Who will be Gov ? Because of the recent US cal changes the position of rnor of American Samoa re -3 confirmation, and two names >eing hawked around as pos opponents—that of David K. :, a member of the Hawaii ative and Major Eric Scanlan, s US Air Force. Major Scanlan part-Samoan, who is retiring military service after a bright r, and who has shown some ;st in Samoan politics.

ing a visit to the islands of iviti in February, the Governor i, Sir Kenneth Maddocks, and Maddocks, saw the famous calling ceremony at Naikasi. the top of a towering cliff watched as a ceremonially •d member of the Manukuira chanted at the empty surface i sea. One after the other the s rose to the surface and in autes ten turtles had appeared, was described officially “as a kable response to the calling”. ♦ * ♦ tier Marion Ganey’s famous union movement in Fiji was ised recently through an can film unit which completed days of shooting a colour ibout the movement. The film ed its initial screening in Fiji auary.

[?] ouisa Hosking, daughter of Mr. W. [?] , of the Rarotonga Agriculture Depart ment with her bridesmaids just prior to her [?] in Auckland in January to Mr. George [?] Mr. Cowan will shortly become the [?] ok Islander to complete the professional [?] tion in land surveying. Also in the [?] are Miss Alice Hosking (left), Miss [?] erendsen and Barbara Pemberton, the [?] irl. Photo: D. C. Berry