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he Governor of Fiji, Sir Kenneth Idocks, on his way to England on \ leave in May, fell accidentally Venice, and severely injured his c. A slipped disc was the diag s in June, in London, where Sir neth was under treatment, and 2ring much pain. Fiji, in June, awaiting advice of the probable ;th of his indisposition. The Gov >r had expected to return to Suva August, and any delay there could her delay attempts at settlement Fiji’s administrative and political ilems.
ji one day should give some of decoration to Mr. Robert Munro, of Suva, whose long as chairman of the Fiji dcasting Commision ended on 16, as required under statute, has given at least eight years valuable time, and his close mal interest and ability, to this Ttant public service, and the ny of Fiji has benefited accord- Mr. Munro took charge of Commission when the FBC was
[?]e Waipapa hydro-electric project, NZ, in Mr. Punivalu Vaili, a senior officer in [?]est Samoan Public Works Department's [?]hop, Apia (left) hears the details of [?] repairs to a tractor from the project's [?]nical engineer, Mr. John Caen. Mr. is one of nine senior West Samoan [?] servants at present on a "crash" train [?]ogramme in NZ, aimed at helping Samoa
following independence.
its formative stage, about eight rs ago and, under his direct ervision, it has grown into the ony’s most important, three »uage broadcasting system.
Ir. Munro was very warmly iked for his services in a public ouncement by the Acting senior, Mr. P. D. Macdonald, on e 5. he new Chairman of the Fiji adcasting Commission is Mr. les Maynard Hedstrom, of Suva in of the founder of Morris Istrom Limited, and a well wn public figure. Mr. Hedstrom •ed from the general manager of Morris Hedstrom Ltd., two s ago, but he still holds some ortant directorships—in Morris strom Ltd., Fiji Pastoral Com y, Millers Ltd., Carlton Brewery i) Ltd., Fiji Industries Ltd.— various honorary posts con ed with Government advisory ies and the Church of England.
'W people know what an “ultra rock looks like, but Dick npson, of the British Solomon ds Geological Survey Depart , does. After three years of in ve field work in the Solomons hesis on ultrabasic rocks there gained him the degree of Doctor hilosophy at Sydney University. ; the beginning of 1957 his time alternately in BSIP and Sydney ersity. His field work was in
[?]re-organisation of senior positions in NNG, [?]H. Veidkamp, District Commissioner for
[?]eelvink Bay District, has been appointed
[?]or of Internal Affairs, in place of Mr. A. [?]ermaker (above). Mr. Boendermaker, who [?]s his posts as Deputy Governor of NNG [?]ice-chairman of the Council of Depart [?]l Heads, will concentrate on his other [?]ties. There has also been a recent [?] in District Commissioner postings in the Territory.
icult country from Choiseul to San stoval, and he explored 170 are miles of ultrabasic rock out ps. In the second year of his ef ts, four other field geologists were rating in BSIP and this year of :nse activity resulted in the dis ery of chrysotile asbestos on San ge Is. (which is of no immediate nomic value); and nickel-bearing rites on San Jorge, Ysabel and fiseul (which are now being ed). ♦ * * i senior NNG administrative offi- Mr. Raphael den Haan, in May appointed to the newly created t of Commissioner for the Devel lent of the Central Highlands. He the job of speeding up develop it in the backward Highlands, >ugh road building, air services, i crops and stock breeding. His i will extend from the Wissel es to the P-NG border. Next Oc iv the Administration intends to up the Central Highlands District an independent administrative
ou can’t keep a good man down, years ago Mr. Bob Hewlett was ight young man stationed at Nadi °rt, Fiji, who, on behalf of the Visitors’ Bureau, gave a welcome information to travellers who )ed off between planes. Today, rding to the Australian National el Association, which has just •inted him to its Research Com se, he is recognised as one of]
[?]ted to return to Rarotonga from NZ in with his bride was Metuakore Sadaraka, [?]tutaki, who was recently capped for his [?]hons.) —the first Cook Islander to qualify [?]is degree. He married Miss Lois Dunnett, typist of the Department of Island
Territories, Wellington.
leading authorities on travel in tralia and the Pacific. „ lot of travel has gone down the vlett tracks in the 10 years in he rn. After Nadi, he became sec ry of the Visitors’ Bureau in Suva ie years when the foundations of s present flourishing tourist in ry were being laid. From there vent to Singapore as director of ism, but when the present Gov lent took office there a couple /ears ago, tourism was one of adent Western ideas” it thought Duld do without. Bob Hewlett came to Australia and now is harge of travel advertising and action for the Australian nen’s Weekly.
ong with Mr. Dudley McCarthy, ustralian Territories Department, other distinguished delegates to mid-year “please explain” ses of the United Nations Trustee- Council, was Mr. W. Wilfred ng, newly appointed High Corn oner of the US Trust Territory he Pacific Islands (Marianas, halls and Carolines).
Coding, who was born in :a 49 years ago, was appointed ie Kennedy administration and i in in Washington on May 1. rrived in Guam a few days later hus had only a few weeks in his dominions which extend over 3 m square miles—most of it . On May 31 he was off again e Trusteeship Council meeting, e Trust Territory’s new Deputy Commissioner is Jose A. ez, of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
was a wealth of experience present when [?]eteran West Samoan settlers gathered [?]ia in April to celebrate the 81st birth [?] of Mr. R. P. Berking (above). Mr. [?]g, who was a Government official in the [?]erman days, has lived in West Samoa [?] years and is now the oldest European [?]t there. Others at the celebration were [?]. August Betham, F. M. Jahnke and A.
M. Gurau.
ack in Australia after 13 years in ga with the Free Wesleyan rch are the Rev. and Mrs. Ron idgate, with their family. Mr. »dgate was president of the Free ieyan Church and chaplain to m Salote from 1955, after having iously been principal of the du Boys’ College and of the Bible ning College. They are now in pastorate of Maryborough, msland.
e novel by Mr. Russell Foreman, ' Pig, based partly on old-time customs and partly on Fiji ry, which has had a good world is to be filmed. Arrangements eing made by a producer named ey Baring, and Paramount, under i Baring will take a party to about May, 1962, to commence action of the film, Russell man resided in Fiji for some — mostly in the Sigatoka district t last year, after the publication mg Pig , he departed for Europe \merica, and is now reported to sold another book. * * * ss Elsabe Hilda Smith, who has no less than 34 years to the of the Methodist Mission in is now on four months’ leave, to retirement. (Over)
"seeing eye" guide dog to be brought [?]ew Zealand is Delle, seen here in Auck [?]n May with her blind owner. Miss Jean [?], at the end of their TEAL flight from [?]. Miss Fraser, an Aucklander, brought an 18-month-old Labrador, from Perth, Australia, after training at the Guide Centre there for two months. The NZ [?]ment and the airline both waived normal [?]tions to let Delle travel with Miss Fraser.
ss Smith, for 23 years, was >n of the children’s orphanage, Ikusha, in Fiji; and then, at her request, she was transferred to :t work, and she has been ness at the Dilkusha Mission ishment for the last 10i years, kusha is devoted to work among ndians, and Miss Smith’s years rvice were given primarily to I Indian children to get educa md attain a higher standard of . The mission gave her facilities larn Hindi, and sent her to low, in India, for six months, for lurpose. She has noted, in her :ars in the Fiji field, a marked ivement in Indian standards of iere.
1 known newspaperman Ted r, who has been the executive )r in charge of the South Post, at Port Moresby, since ablishment, will transfer resi to Sydney this month and, m executive position with Yaffa :ate Pty, Ltd., will keep a y eye upon the P-NG news- His duties as manager have taken over by Mr. Harry , who was a war-time Wing lander in the RAAF, and who has been a senior business ive in Australia. Mr. and Mrs.
', who have established a new at Vaucluse, Sydney, will be in Port Moresby, where they esided for the past 14 years.
Frank Hindle, master of "Soochow", come commodore of the China Naviga [?]. fleet. It is the first time that a of a New Guinea-Australia Line vessel [?]en given this honour. Captain Hindle [?]otographed during a small ceremony in [?]ney office of Swire and Yuill Pty., Ltd., to mark the occasion. Captain Hindle joined the service in 1930.