From Chop-Chop

B.S.I. P. Farewells Sir David Trench

To Talk-Talk

In Three Acts

A five-minute play, staged by

natives of Malaita, BSIP, to de pict progress in the Protectorate during the past 50 years, was a highlight of the BSIP’s farewell to the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Sir David

Trench, and Lady Trench, at

Rove on March 7. Sir David will be the next Governor of

Hong Kong.

THE Malaitamen’s play was in three acts. Act I depicted bush men with axes killing Mr. Bell and a policeman in 1927 and carrying away the corpses. Act II showed the District Officer, Mr. D. C. C. (now Sir David) Trench touring Malaita in 1943 explaining district councils to the same bushmen. And Act 111 showed Solomon Islands District Officers arriving at a con temporary council meeting.

A narrator linked the three parts of the play and thanked Sir David Trench for helping the people to learn and understand new ways.

Fourteen other sections of the community contributed five-minute items of entertainment.

The BSIP Chief Secretary, Mr. M.

D. Irving Gass, said in a farewell speech that during the last three years, Sir David had encouraged, guided and initiated an astonishing number of significant and welcome advances.

Exciting, Stimulating

He added that this might well prove to have been a critical period in the history of the Solomons, and one in which everyone would be grateful for having been allowed to play a part under Sir David’s leader ship.

Sir David Trench, in his farewell speech, said he would have liked to have completed five years in the Solomons as High Commissioner be cause the next few years in the Protectorate’s development were un doubtedly going to be exciting and stimulating.

He said he had noticed with pleasure the friendly manner in which the variety of people at Rove

id mixed together for an after jon’s enjoyment.

This was not only healthy in self, but was also a sign of the lies. The Solomon Islands were tanging every day, and the world itside and its ideas and modes were itering in.

All this was inevitable, and in the ng run was certainly in the best terests of everybody in the demons.

The world outside was sometimes amorous and untidy, but it was e only world available, and the oblem was to make the best issible place for the Solomons in Sir David added that if the Gov nment continued to retain the con lence of the people and encouraged em to work together with other terests, he was sure that progress uld be made in an orderly way wards the goal of making the ilomon Islands a peaceful, osperous and happy place for eryone to live in.

New Hebrides Visit Shortly before he left Honiara, Sir avid made a flying visit to the New sbrides Condominium to say his rewells there. After leaving the electorate he travelled to Hong 3ng via Sydney.

The new High Commissioner, Mr.

S, Foster, will not take up his ties in Honiara until late in June, r. Foster, the Deputy Governor of yasaland, is 50 and he will be ac mpanied to Honiara by his wife, ley have no children.

Sir David Trench.