Deaths Of Islands People

Mr. G. B. Crabbe Mr. George Bernard Crabbe, a resident of Fiji for 64 years, died at Suva on January 6, aged 81.

He went to Fiji in 1902 to work for the Fiji Sugar Co. Later he joined the Government service.

Mr. Crabbe had a varied career when he left the Government service in 1917, managing copra estates, a Suva pharmacy, and a Tavua butchery.

Till shortly before his death he was a senior member of the office staff of the Emperor Goldmining Co., at Vatukoula.

Mr. R. S. Thacker Mr. Ransley Samuel Thacker, QC, Attorney-General in Fiji from 1933 to 1938, died in Rhodesia on January 3.

From Fiji, he went to Kenya, where he joined the Kenya Supreme Court.

On his retirement he went into private legal practice in Nairobi.

Later he went to Rhodesia to take up farming.

Mrs. Selby Newbald The death occurred on Norfolk Island on December 31 of Mrs.

Delicia Mary Newbald, wife of Mr.

Selby Newbald, a well-known Norfolk resident. Mrs. Newbald had been in ill-health for many years.

Besides her husband, she leaves a son, Alerick, in New Zealand, and a daughter Philippa, in Tasmania.

Mr. Andy Andreson Mr. Andy Andreson, who spent about 60 years in the British Solo mons, died in the Protectorate on Christmas Eve.

He was a Coastwatcher during the war in various parts of the Solomons including Santa Ysabel and the Russells. He lived for many years on Mandoliana Island and leaves a native widow and children.

Mr. E. W. Young Pitcairn Island suffered a serious loss in December with the accidental

death of Mr. Eric Woodburn Young at the age of 47, Mr. Young spent the first half of his life on Pitcairn, then went to New Zealand where he worked for many years until he returned to his home island to be with his mother and father.

From then on, he took a prominent part in Pitcairn’s community affairs, and in work on the boats and at the landing.

Mrs. M. Corbett Mrs. Marie Corbett, daughter of an early European settler in Fiji, died on January 9 at Korotogo. She was 94.

Her father, Mr. Jacob Paul Storck, arrived in Fiji in 1860.

Mrs. Corbett was born near the Rewa River, and she married Mr. F.

Corbett, who was proprietor of Corbett’s Butchery, till he handed it over to his son, Carl, in the early 1920’5.

Mr. and Mrs. Corbett lived at various times in Suva, Labasa, Waidalice and Qereqere.

Mr. Maha Deo Mr. Maha Deo, a well-known player of the tabla (Indian drum) died in Fiji in January, aged 68. He is sur vived by three sons and two daughters.

Dr. Manzoor Beg Dr. Manzoor Beg, the only Indian who served with the 3rd Battalion, Fiji Military Forces, in the Solomons during World War 11, died on January 11, aged 54.

Dr. Beg was attached to the Tamavua Hospital, near Suva.

He was the only Indian in the Fiji contingent at the victory parade in London in June, 1946.

He is survived by Mrs. Beg and five sons.

Mr. Rowley Wilson Mr. Rowley Wilson, third eldest member of Lord Howe Island’s largest family, the Wilsons, died on December 29 in his 79th year.

The third son of the late Thomas and late Mary Wilson, he spent most of his life on Lord Howe. But for several years before World War I, he worked in the New Hebrides, and he served in both World Wars.

He had been in failing health for some time and was a patient in the Repatriation and General Hospital at Concord, Sydney, when he died.

He is survived by his widow, Ollie, daughters Annette (Young), Rondah, and son Larry, also sisters Mabel Payten, Halcyon Marlin, and brother Herbert Wilson.