People

Pastor W. G. Ferris, who recently ook over as Seventh-day Adventist tastor on Pitcairn Island, broke his eft leg in a fall on September 3, and /as taken off the island by the liner ithenic which called there •on Sep ember 6. The Athenic landed >astor Ferris in Auckland on Sep ember 16 with his leg in splints.

Pastor Ferris’ wife, a nurse, who lad set her husband’s leg, left the sland with him. This left Pitcairn dth only one person with a know edge of nursing—Mrs. Elwyn Chris ian, 70, who is hampered by near lindness and rheumatism. * * * Major A. Walz has taken over rom Major A. Smith as regional fficer of the Salvation Army in *apua-New Guinea. * * * Mr. R, C. Smith, QC, has been ppointed the Income Tax Review Tibunal for Papua and New Guinea.

Ir. Smith was admitted to the Bar f the New South Wales Supreme 'ourt in 1934. He served in the AIF i World War 11.

Since 1956 he has been a member f the Commonwealth Taxation loard of Review in Sydney. His ap ointment as Review Tribunal for ae Territory is in addition to and uite separate from that appointment. * * * A Papuan Public Service officer dll leave Port Moresby on Septem er 29 to do a course in co-operative /ork in England. He is Mr. Udu Jou of Hanuabada, a co-operative ispector with the Co-operative iranch of the Department of Trade nd Industry. He will do a nine lonth advanced study course at .oughborough College, Leicester, mgland. * * * Mr. D. Morgan, Deputy Chief of ( olice in the BSIP, will become 'hief of Police, from the date of etirement of Mr. A. L. Abraham, /ho is due to leave the Solomons n pre-retirement leave on October Mr. A. L. Lindley, Assistant uperintendent of Police, will become >eputy Chief of Police, * * * Mr. James Flannery, special assis ant to Governor H. Rex Lee, of American Samoa, resigned from his ost in September and returned to he United States.

After nearly 34 years in the Gov ernment service, Fiji’s Registrar-Gen eral, Mr. B. L. Gregg, is retiring. He joined the Department as a clerical officer in 1929, was promoted Deputy Registrar-General in 1938 and Registrar-General in 1950. * * * Mr. B. M. Wagner, a young gradu ate student from the United States has arrived in Fiji for a year’s attach ment to the Government Adminis trative Service. He has been awarded a Public Service Scholarship by Syracuse University, New York, to enable him to go to Fiji.

Syracuse University has organised a scheme for some years under which selected young American graduates are placed with Colonial and other Governments to enable them to gain experience in such countries and to assist locally where there is need of staff. * * * The Mocambo Hotel at Nadi and one of its executives, Mrs. Marie Hardwick, did a good job of wel coming the Papua-New Guinea Games team to Fiji in August. The hotel sent its string band to the air port to welcome the athletes who later had a buffet lunch and a rest at the hotel before setting off by bus for Suva.

Mrs. Hardwick and her late husband managed Port Moresby’s Hotel Papua some years ago and she still has many contacts in the Territory.