Deaths Of Islands People

Mrs. Emily Tutty

Mrs. Emily Tutty, widow of the late Pastor R. H. Tutty of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission, died in Adelaide, SA, on August 3, after a prolonged illness. She was 70 years of age. A nurse trained at the Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital, Wahroonga, Mrs. Tutty was married in the Solomon Islands in 1917.

Always in the vanguard of missions with her husband, she lived in very primitive conditions for most of the 32 years she served in the Islands, and even in her later years often travelled by canoe.

For her life of cheerful sacrifice she earned the esteem of many Gov ernment officials and their wives, and she helped hundreds of natives to a healthier way of life.

Mrs. Tutty was well known in the Solomons, Bougainville, the Ad miraltys and Manus. She is survived by her only child, Mrs. Ormond Brown, of Adelaide.

John Thomas Allan An Australian pioneer in New Guinea, Mr. John Thomas Allan, 66, died in Rabaul on August 3 from injuries received in a fall on July 29.

The late Mr. Allan was a member of the Australian Occupation Force in the original German New Guinea in 1915, and later bought Gililium Plantation, which was a German expropriated property.

He is survived by his wife, and daughters, Mrs. Lionel Mansfield, of Kokopo, near Rabaul, and Mrs.

Arthur Wheeler, of Camden, NSW.

Mrs. C. E. Maguire The death occurred in Auckland, NZ, on August 8, of an old Fiji identity, Mrs. C. E. Maguire, widow of Dr. Maguire, who was a District Medical Officer in the Colony in the early 1900’s.

A daughter, Ellie (Mrs. E. H.

Bailey), who lives in England, survives her.

Mr. Paul Thompson On the way to the hospital, after a sudden collapse while watching a football match at Albert Park, Suva, Mr. Paul Thompson died on August 26, aged 51.

He was coach of the Imperial team which was playing Cadets that after noon, and had been on the field instructing them at half-time, just before he took ill.

Although recently in the employ of

the Department of Public Works, he was a grocer by trade and for some years was with Morris Hedstrom Ltd at Suva and at Lautoka.

He left a widow and two children, and a family by his first wife, who predeceased him.

Mr. Emil Meiritz The death occurred in Apia in August of Mr. Emil Meiritz, at the age of 72. He had been a part of West Samoa’s business life since he arrived there about 1911, and once operated a bus route and a taxi fleet.

Until his retirement he was with Morris Hedstrom Ltd.