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Avenue of trees in memory of the fighting New Guineans
Pictures
DRETTY Susan Knight, 10, and Maiu Lei, 8, in February did 1 their bit towards a project which will give Port Moresby a 10 mile avenue of trees in honour of New Guineans who fought in World War II. When grown the trees, which are 40 ft apart, will bear the names of New Guineans who served. The avenue will stretch from Jackson’s Airport to Hanuabada Village, and will thus pass right through town. First trees were planted by the P-NG Administrator, Mr. David Hay, former members of Papuan and New Guinea battalions, and Moresby schoolchildren such as Susan, who is a pupil of the Murray Barrack school, and Maiu, who goes to the Hohola school.
The pictures on these two pages were taken at recent social gatherings of the Polynesian Association of Sydney, a meett ing place for Islanders. At left, attractive Nauruans (Mrs.) Pamela Scriven and Miss Ronica Bill, who were in Sydney on holi days. In the centre picture below, three younger members of well-known families of Apia, Western Samoa—Misses Ingrio von Reiche, Teuila Annandale and Ingrid'' brother, Michael von Reiche.
At left, a smiling group of the Pickering family of Fiji. Centre, sporting a Fiji bula shirt, is Mr.
Harry Pickering, and with him are his nephews, Mr. William Pickering and Mr. Harry Pickering (right).
Mr. William Pickering is with his wife.— These and other photos on these two pages are by Tele- Photos, Sydney.
Above, charming Miss Olive McComber, of Fiji, and at right, Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, who now live in Sydney, where Mr.
Hlopkins is a school teacher. His wife Formerly Miss Lena Maclynn, of Nadi, Fiji.
Above left, Nauruan policemen Derog Sloura and John Olsson, who have been ttending a course at the Police Training College in Sydney, and above right, brothers Harry and Holger Johansen, with [?] friend, Miss Penny Kessey, all from Fiji, Holger, a sportsman, now works as a postal clerk in Sydney where he is also a popular boxing instructor with one of the Police Boys' Clubs. At right, all from Noumea, Miss Guyere, Mrs. Guyere, Mrs.
Rolland and her cousin Mr. Alec Holland, and Mrs. Mercier, of Bora Bora, French Polynesia.
Above, travellers from London who re cently found themselves in Papua-New Guinea en route to China are Mr. Peter Johncock and Miss Elizabeth Williams, here photographed in Port Moresby by Chin H. Meen. At right, an impressive ceremony conducted by Bishop D. Stuyven berg at the Holy Cross Church, Honiara, BSIP, when the Rev. Father Michael Aike (kneeling) became the first British Solomon Islander to be ordained in the Roman Catholic Church. Father Aike comes from Maiaita. —Photograph by Ted Marriott.
The largest group of West Samoan students to leave for New Zea land under the NZ Government Scholarship Programme was fare welled in Apia recently. Seen from left in this picture are: front, Maka S. Sapolu, Aloilima Anesi, Lotovale Tu'ugasala, Tavale M.
Matai'a. Second row: Violeti lati, Louisa Wendt, Niusila Matatumua,
Flora Netzler, Moana So'onalole, Henrietta Fido, Elizabeth Peterson Rose Warren, Manutagi Mana, Serita Sasa, Kolose Kolose, Tautiagas Senara. Back: Pisao Mulitalo. Perelini Sili, Jerome Amoa, Eddi Rasmussen, Rex Brighouse.—Photo: "Samoana".