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> years the waterfront of Suva >ved and the Pier Hotel has the Garrick—but Mine Host lained the same—popular hotel , Mr. Vince Costello, youngest Costello brothers who found tid fortune in Fiji, irrived in Fiji from Australia 9, and in 1931 joined his Mr. D. Costello, in the (then known as the Pier is assistant manager. On New Day, 1937, Vince and another Mr. J. Costello, became joint and it was during their regime ne was changed. The water ed been shifted when land :laimed and Pier was hardly )le name. The hotel took its ime from the owners of a ock of property, the Garrick In 1947, Vince Costello be lle proprietor of the hotel, a keen sportsman, and almost 'ear makes a pilgrimage to me for the Melbourne Cup.

leparture from Fiji in mid zr of Mr. and Mrs, A. E. i removed another link with days” of the Colony’s copra hey have gone to live in re at Napier, New Zealand, ti he was a son of the late Beddows, of Vunivasa Estate, . a pioneer copra producer.

Nelson, son of Mr. Norman Nelson [?]son of the late Ivan Nelson, who Nelson and Robertson Pty. Ltd., [?]ers, 60 years ago. He is a director [?], and made a special visit to Apia [?] for Western Samoa's Independence celebrations.

died at an advanced age in Mr. Beddows did not follow tion life. Instead, he joined the nment service, and worked in s parts of the Colony until “re nt” in 1954. Then, on the com i of his leave, he joined the Service, and served the last six in the Registrar-General’s De :nt.

ga has enlisted four dogs in its force—Shane, Rocky, Caesar 'ammy—under the control of nt ’Akau’ola and Constable who have just completed an ex ; course in Australia on hand nd training police dogs. The nen took the dogs back with to Tonga. Kennels have been acted out of Nukualofa at the idustrial area of Havelu. * * * 3ngst the hundreds of Christmas igs we received this year there me, as usual, from the Rev. ■ E. Tremblay, SM, now of i but once of Tonga. Father day’s message took the form pint-sized sermon—which he a “parable for all fallout ■ dwellers.” So far we haven’t of even one fallout shelter in outh Pacific islands—although

Ian H. St. Clair with his wife and his three young daughters. They [?]ed in Apia, Western Samoa, in Decem [?]ere he becomes Anglican Chaplain, formerly Vicar of St. Stephen's Church [?]f England, Portland, Victoria.

ave become very fashonable in ulu. Nonetheless his admonition ep on trying no matter what” )ably good medicine down here 1 as up there.

laim was made in PIM some igo that a young man in the Islands was the first Polynesian :ain a sea-going master’s cer . This is challenged by young Moors, of Samoa, who has aken over duty as Harbour at Apia, Capt. Moors got his ’s certificate several years ago. ere should be a qualification in aim. The Cook Islander was a fiynesian, whereas Capt. Moors ember of the European-Samoan unity, which now is an im t factor in Samoa’s new al life. * ♦ * Rev. Father Guichet, MSC, Apostolic designate of the t Islands, was consecrated in s Cathedral, in France, in No r. > Vicariate—which is entrusted e Missionaries of the Sacred —was established in 1888; and nteresting at this time to note n November, Sister Hermilande ated the diamond jubilee of her us profession, and of her 1 in the colony. She arrived in ilbert Islands in 1901, and has nee returned to France during ) years of seivice. (Over)

[?]ute-miler John Landy (centre) left Lae, Wau, in late December with two [?] companions, John McFarlane and [?]Oliver (both Melbourne University [?] Club and Citizen Air Force members). [?]re they planned to walk to the mouth Markham River, near Lae, by way of [?]. The three men expect this to take [?] days then they will fly to Popondetta [?]ere they will walk across the Kokoda Port Moresby. Landy will spend an [?]o weeks in P-NG to advise aspirants P-NG native athletic team which will in the Commonwealth Games in Perth, WA, this year.

e international airlines—for le, Swissair—maintain offices in lia although they have no services thereto. More recently a took a page out of this book pened an office in Suva, Fiji, gh the Italian airline has no liate intention of routing any services through there. Sydney ives say that it is just in line the policy of opening more outlets—two offices have re been opened in New Zealand lore in Australia. Mr, S. W. car has been the man chosen n the office in Suva (which is ns Philp’s building) and from he will function as area man ror the Pacific Islands. * * * to Montreal to take up a m with the International Civil on Association is popular n I. S. Shephard, well known r island groups along the Coral operated by TEAL. “Joe” familiar figure in Fiji, Western i, the Cook Islands and Tahiti, ve years he was senior route n for the airline, and he was of honour at many farewell ons when the last Tasman e Airways Solent flying-boat its final trip from Laucala Bay peete and return in September, it was not the end of the genial i the route for he returned later

Koilonga, 11 months, from Guadal [?]SIP, just back from five months in in Sydney where he had successful [?]urgery for a double cleft palate and [?]. He returned home in the care of Espagne who is holding him, and a stess whose fare was paid by the Red Cross.

i he had completed his con on course to TEAL’s turbo prop :ras. But his ports of call were r. When he passed through Fiji is through Nadi, and on the way apeete there were no stops at ill TEAL started to use the air at Tafuna in American Samoa, e crowning achievement in his r as an airman, both in the me Air Force and with TEAL he award in 1961 of the Brackley orial Trophy for his outstanding vements in operating flying-boats 10 years. Joe made a special ;o London to receive the award the hands of the Duke of mrgh. recreation, he took up bowls he went to Suva to live in 1955. >57 he won the Pineapple Cup, nised as the singles supremacy swls in the South Seas, and a e of years later he looked like ting his success, but lost con ation slightly when rain came and he had to use a Pan ican umbrella, loaned by Noel :um, then PAA sales manager at * * « :k in his home town of Sydney jack again in a journalistic job r. Colin Thwaites, who a few ago was the first editor of the Guinea Courier, of Lae. Mr. ites did not go to New Guinea journalist but while there joined 'outh Pacific Post, later trans -1 to Lae to start a new paper le same company. He left Lae in the Shell Company in Mel e but now has become editor e printing trade’s journal, The alasian Printer.

A. J. Stewart, one of the Pacific's [?]own missionaries, celebrated his 80th

[?] at SDA headquarters, Wahroonga,

recently. Celebrating with him were [?]e, a sister aged 76, two brothers aged [?]86, and 250 other friends and relatives. photo he is shown, with Pastor Salau, [?], with whom he made a world tour some years ago.