Varied Island Career
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Holidaying in Sydney in February was Mr. Edward Tibbo, an Auckland business-man who had an interesting career in the South Seas Islands.
Mr. Tibbo was in the British Army and Navy during World War I, mostly in engineer units, and ended that service when they delivered a small warship to Siam. He came to Sydney in 1920 and, within hours, was engaged by CSR Co. for en gineering service in Lautoka.
In the ’Twenties, Mr. Tibbo spent five years in Western Samoa; took a sympathetic interest in the claims of the Samoans who were defying the
New Zealand semi-military admini stration; and was deported. He re tul\nelto * he CSR service in Lautoka £? d ? a ’ and then he i omed the Theodore-Wren organisation at Va tukoula.
When World War II hit the Pacific, Mr. Tibbo joined the NZ Air Force; transferred to American con struction units; and then was an en gineer on the missionary ship, John Williams V, for a number of years, He made one intriguing remark to PIM : “That Loloma lode dips down under the present Emperor Mine, and if their new digging gets down on to that little lot—look out!”