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Indonesian Minister for National jcurity, General Abdul Nasution, :th his wife, will make an official re day visit to Australia on April 18. $ will visit Canberra, Melbourne id Sydney. The Indonesian Min ;er for the Navy, Admiral artadinata, will accompany Gen al Nasution but he will under ke a separate tour.

General Nasution has been one of e most outspoken Indonesian iders on the Dutch New Guinea estion and has been rattling his bre in that direction for a long ne.

former commissioner of the ;stern District of Fiji, Mr. H. G. R.

Alpine, who was ambushed and )t outside his house in Lautoka t July, has been retired from the lonial Service on medical grounds. assailant who has never been ntified fired two rounds from a )tgun into Mr. McAlpine’s thighs i abdomen at a time when feel :s were running high over a sugar le strike. * ♦ ♦ JLr. N. H. Foxcroft, in February, s re-elected president of the cific Islands Society, Sydney, Vice ;sidents are Mr. N. B. Casey, Mr, A. R. Howell, Dr. G. W. Mack ess, Mr. H. Sabben and Mr. A. >phens.

[?]gracious and well-informed, Mrs. Lutu [?]ietoa, president of the West Samoan branch [?]he Pan Pacific and South East Asia Women's [?]ciation, was a first class ambassador for emerging independent Samoa when she [?]ed Australia recently. She was publicised [?]every important newspaper—sometimes in [?]rately as the "Queen of Samoa", which [?]as no fault of her ("PIM", Feb. p. 26).

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Tunde Topangilli admitted to Rabaul court in February that 1 had padded a long stick with cheT ing gum, reached behind the count! of a waterfront shop, thrust tl; stick into the till and drawn a note out of the jackpot. Unfortu:. ately, natives outside the shop ss what was happening, chased Toi angilli for two blocks and held hi until police arrived. He was fim £2. ♦ * * Attractive Japanese, Rose Kam taka, will be the leader of a 1 team which in March and April w make a film in Australia and Ne Guinea. The film, one of a serii on Asia and the South Pacific, w go before a TV audience of million in Japan. * * * Mr. Paul Heller, senior executi. officer of the New Zealand Air D« partment, in February was appoint economic adviser and financii secretary to West Samoa. Mr. Helll is 58.

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Johnscx who were married at Vila, Ne Hebrides, on February 20, 1911, cell brated their golden anniversary Sydney last month.

Mrs. Johnson was formerly Mii Agnes Cronstedt. Her father fin settled at Aneityum, NH, in 1865. * * * The resignation in February Mr. Arthur Karne, agronomist charge of the P-NG experiment! agricultural station at Keravat, ne:; Rabaul, was the fifth resignatio from the same post in the last tv years. It is believed Mr. Karne w\ join the Victorian Department Agriculture. Others who have r: signed from that post have take.

Ifereimi Kubukawa, of Nadroga, Fiji, a veter [?] of over 30 years service with the Fiji administration, was recently presented wi [?] the Certificate of Honour and medal, by t [?] Governor, Sir Kenneth Maddocks, during [?] official visit to the Sigatoka district.

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ivate appointments in the Terri fy as consulting agronomists or inagers.

iccording to Rev. Father Joseph ischl, of Tavui mission station, ir Rabaul, a Mau Mau-like rorist cult, led by mysterious ;ive priests, is active in New tain. The cult, known as the it, had sworn to kill all Euro ms and Chinese in New Guinea, 1 its members also want to kill een Elizabeth, said Father Reischl. added that Roman Catholic isionaries had been extremely Tied about a recent upsurge of tism. Father Reischl has been 21 rs in P-NG.

ilming of the MGM film Mutiny the Bounty in Tahiti stopped uptly in January (see p. 60)

[?] Sa'euteuga S. Le'au returned to [?]rican Samoa in Feb. to join the teacher [?]ing staff at Feleti Memorial School. Miss [?]uteuga graduated from the American [?]oa High School in 1956, attended San [?]cisco State College and received a BA degree in Education.

[?]ied in Rabaul in February, Miss Patsy [?] to Mr. Bruno Chung, at the Catholic [?]ch. Father O'Hanlon performed the [?]mony. Photo: Larry Chin

ie reasons being given as a spell f rainy weather and the state of roducer Sir Carol Reed’s health, ack in Hollywood in February it as announced that Sir Carol was > longer director of the big film, it whether he was sacked or had signed nobody would say. * * * Recently visiting Wewak, New iiinea —“Johnno” Johnson, diver Niagara fame, who was making i underwater wreck survey for the atsukura Company of Tokyo, lich has recently undertaken suc ssful salvage operations at Manus d New Ireland. The work in New iland is expected to be completed late March, when work may be irted at Wewak, The company pects to get about 5,000 tons from e Wewak area.

Matsukura’s chief diver, Kitazama, rveyed the British battleship ince of Wales, two weeks after e was sunk by the Japanese off igapore at the beginning of the r. She is 200 ft down and on even keel, said Kitazama re itly, but she won’t be salvaged :ause the British have declared r grave a prohibited salvage area.

'ormer missionary in the

omons, who is now president-elect the Methodist Church in New land, Rev. E. C. Leadley, rea warm welcome when he irned to Munda on a visit in Luary. Mr. Leadley was in charge ;he Methodist College at Kokeng ) from 1934 until the Japanese asiqn, and was then responsible taking to safety the vessel Fauro ef with a number of European nen and others, including the * * * tr. A. J. Corbin, who for some e was adviser on civil aviation ;ters to the Western Pacific High amission, Honiara, has been ointed Superintendent of Civil action in the BSIP. * ♦ * ingaroy (Queensland) peanut ner Bert Ford, 61, arrived back Brisbane in February after hav

[?]ng recent departures from Port Moresby [?] Mr. & Mrs. W. Sykes of British Petro [?] Company, who were on loan to Austra lian Petroleum Company. Mr. Sykes went to [?] Zealand, and planned to join Mrs. Sykes [?]children Sarah and John in England a

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ig climbed P-NG’s famed Kokoda ’rail —“the oldest European to have lade the trek”, he said. He added >r good measure, “There’s nothing ) it. In fact I put on weight.” Mr. brd is an elder of the Seventh-day dventist Church, and he and his ife went to P-NG on a visit to leir sons-in-law, who are mission ries. ♦ * ♦ The Sydney fortnightly review, ation reported in March that the ustralian School of Pacific Admin tration journal, South Pacific, was osed down and replaced by a new agazine, Australian Territories,he ,use the Governor of NNG, Dr. ateel, had objected to an article it by Mr. lan Moles, a history :turer at the school. The Dutch id also told Mr. Moles that though he was planning to visit SJG, he would “not be welcome”, id Nation, and added that the an behind the decision to bow wn to the Dutch was Australian srritories Minister Paul Hasluck.

i report from Washington in iruary, unconfirmed, said that :s ident Kennedy’s administration Jld “definitely” replace Samoan n Peter Coleman as Governor of icrican Samoa, and had asked his resignation. Coleman had n offered an Administrator’s job the Marshall Islands. Governor eman is a Republican nomina 1. * * * Where do we go now?” asked rol Officer Mike Cockburn in iers’ New Guinea Bar, in early rch. PO Cockburn, just down

[?]ecent visitor to the Polynesian Association Sydney was Miss Louisa Crawley. Miss [?]ley was a delegate to the Pan Pacific South East Asia Women's Conference and she comes from W. Samoa.

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from P-NG on leave, was mere; one of a dozen NG men asking tl same question in the Castlereag Street bar of Sydney’s famon Ushers’ Hotel, and the reason f their query was that the Mortgai Development company had just ai nounced it had bought Ushe: and would close it down within few weeks and turn it into busine offices. For almost 30 years NG mt —planters, officials, crocodi shooters —have been using Ushe as an unofficial meeting place whi in Sydney. The probable betting o a new meeting spot: the bar Aaron’s Exchange Hotel, Greshai Street, which for some time now h, had a sprinkling of NG drinke among the wool men and shar brokers who frequent it. * * * In Sydney on leave from hi school mistress duties at Lifuk Tonga, Miss Muriel Snell con mented on a fact of Tonga which common in other Pacific islanc too—most enthusiastic buyers ai users of native basket weaving an other crafts are Europeans. TI Tongans prefer to buy Europe* plastic handbags and leather sui cases.

Born on Papua’s Kokoda Tr during a war-time trek just ahe: of the Japanese, Cecil Natera, 19, February, was elected captain Sydney’s Oakhill College, Castle HI where he is a student. Said Cec: “I am named after one of the An tralian soldiers my father carried a stretcher-bearer on the Trail. E father never knew his last naim Said college headmaster Broth Damien: “Cecil has a natural abil:. to lead. He could be one of Papui leaders in a few years.” * * * In Federal Parliament, in ea:j March, Mr. L. D. Clay express himself interested in the absence

A former resident of Fiji, New Hebrides [?] New Caledonia, Mr. Abraham Whippy, is [?] in England, working and studying. He la[?] plans to visit the USA. Photo: A. O'Gr[?]

is from Lord Howe Island, 436 les NE of Sydney, and directed ; following question to Health tiister Dr. Donald Cameron: “In w of the fact that Lord Howe is gularly blessed in many ways, h as being represented by the lourable member for West Syd r, freedom from newspapers, tele mes and the common house fly, house fly having disappeared y during the past five years, will Minister ask the CSIRO to in bigate whether some useful para responsible for the disap rance of the house fly from Lord ve Island can be introduced into itralia?” Dr. Cameron said he ild get the scientific organisation nvestigate the numerous pests to ch Mr. Clay referred.

nong the movements of Se h-day Adventist missionaries duled for February and March; and Mrs. R. O. Yeatts, back i leave in the USA, have taken ge of a new hospital now being ; at Wabag, New Guinea, stor L. A. Gilmore, of New and, is returning to the NG ilands after an absence of some s and will be stationed in »ag. Pastor L. T. Greive will sfer from Tari to Mt. Hagen.

Td Howe Island has a new ster, Pastor D. H. Watson, and or W. P. Claus has been wel sd to Norfolk Island. ,stor R. E. Cobbin has been ap ted to Buca Bay, Fiji, and or Don Davies is on his way to aim, * * * ladalcanal schoolteacher Frank )tu has made local news in iara by being the first Melan a elected to the Guadalcanal • —usually considered something - European outpost of Empire, vas nominated by two Admin on officers and accepted at the

The Lutheran Church, Lae, in February, Mary Wan was married to Mr. Jones Also in the photo are Mr. Bernard (best man) and Miss Marian Wan

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annual meeting—after the gen committee had referred the ms to the wider audience. Bugoti, a member of the BSIP’s new Le lative Council and he made a § impression at the first Council m ing in December when he spoke; telligently and without bitten about the dangers of discriminat

When Constable John Chute; into trouble while struggling ’ two violent men who attacked after an incident in a Fiji sal!

Fijian bystander Isoa Koroii went to the constable’s aid and! men were overpowered. In I ruary, Police Commissioner R. E Beaumont presented Koroivuki t a £5 cheque for his help, and c mented: “It is the duty of the pu to assist the police. Unfortunai this is not fully understood in but it is the only basis from w; law and order and stability in. community can be built.”

Captain Joe Shephard, famous in the Pacific as senior flying boat skipper on [?] Coral Route service between Fiji and until the old boats were withdrawn last has been awarded the Brackley Me [?] Trophy by the Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators. The trophy is a memorial to B [?] air pioneer. Air Commodore H. G. Brat and the Duke of Edinburgh will make the sentation at a Guildhall banquet in London April.

The wedding of Miss Jan Duggan to Mr.

Finn was celebrated at the Boroko [?] Church, Port Moresby, on February 3[?] Photo: Papuan [?]

Auckland, NZ, has a Tahiti Nui jb, which has been formed by ■mer residents of French Polynesia ing in NZ. Residents of French lynesia passing through Auck id, or anybody with close links ;h that area, are invited to con t the president, Mr. N. Mara, or retary, Mr. W. F. Barrie. Vice isident is Mr. Charles Halligan, : and the committee includes Mrs. rmaine Duane, Mrs. W. F. Barrie, , Gus Lindsay, Mr. Tony Lindsay 1 Mr. Frank Tumahai. ♦ ♦ * Writing to Norfolk Island’s Ad listration news-sheet, Norfolk vs, in February on the question a forthcoming election to the ■folk Island Council —a body ch has been in the wars a lot sly—old Norfolk Islander R. H. H. )bs warned that electors were ting towards a number of “un dictable and| perhaps explosive Lations”. If electors didn’t wake up ;hem soon it would be too late and ■folk would “only have itself to ne”.

i Christchurch, NZ, in February, 5 “Leper Man”—Mr. P. J. >mey, secretary of the NZ Lepers’ st Board, received an unexpected sr in the person of Sir John ch, retiring Western Pacific h Commissioner, who was on way home to England (see p.

Sir John called in to say how eful he was for the work that Lepers’ Board was doing in the fern Pacific. The Board has n three mission ships for lical work in that area and also established dispensaries and r villages. * • * iva businessman A. E. Pearce donated to Fiji a fully furnished ie for elderly people. It can )mmodate 13, and cost about

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[?]cent photo of Mr. A. M. Gurau, who in [?]ary was elected as one of the five Euro [?] members of the West Samoa Legislative [?]nbly. The four other members were [?]ed from the previous assembly. See p. 20.