High Commissioner
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Visits GEIC
he Western Pacific High Com moner, Mr. David Trench, in '-August made his first official 1 to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands my. !e called first at Ocean Island be j going on to Tarawa, and made last call at Funafuti, after visiting •r islands. In the top photo Mr. nch inspects a guard of honour police at Ocean Island. Among things he saw on Ocean was the le ( right ), marking the camp site A. F. Ellis (later Sir Albert) m prospecting for the phosphate ch laid the fortunes of the island, little before the High Commis ler’s visit there was another event importance, at Betio Harbour, ‘awa, when the ‘‘Pacific Enter ic” was the first overseas vessel to ?r after harbour improvements been made. oto below is by S. F. Edwards and F the others by David Lopian.)