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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1966Vol. 37, No. 9

Papuan Interpreter

p. 156 · Read in the full issue

Death Of Well-Known

Kabua Cairo, a Papuan who served the Papua-New Guinea Administration for 65 years, died at Hanuabada (Port Moresby) on July 26. He was 82.

Kabua retired from the Adminis tration in 1963 after 65 years' service.

Kabua was awarded the BEM in the New Year Honours in 1963, the year of his retirement from the Ad ministration.

For 38 years he was an interpreter in the Supreme Court for Mr. Justice Gore.

He is survived by three daughters and two sons, one of whom has been a Supreme Court interpreter for 28 years.