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People

• Mr. M. T. Khan, Assistant Registrar-General, in the Fiji Crown Law Office, has been promoted to Registrar of Titles, and Mr. G, Mishra, crown counsel, has been ap pointed legal draftsman. Mr. Ron Richmond, who earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in geology and a Master’s degree in geophysics at Hawaii, has become the second local geologist to join the Geological Surveys Department. In the Chief Secretary’s Office, Mr. V. D. Prasad has been appointed Establishment Officer—the first local appointment to the post. And the Fiji Government now has its first female Administra tive Officer, Akanisi Serukalou, a BA from Auckland, the daugher of Jekope and Ulita Serukalou of Viwa Island. • The Resident Commissioner of Niue, Mr. L. A. Shanks, left Niue in late June to take up a new post as chief executive officer for administra tion with the NZ Health Department, Wellington. He and Mrs. Shanks were given a long series of farewells by the islanders, who paid tribute to the progress made on Niue in his time there, by having put particular emphasis on development projects such as the building of the island’s first airstrip and a coconut develop ment scheme. The Deputy Resident Commissioner, Mr. B. T. Good, will act as Resident Commissioner until a permanent appointee is decided on. • Mr. G. Cox, Deputy Director of Public Works, Fiji, since 1965, left Fiji in July on pre-retirement leave. He is returning to Britain.

Mr. Cox served for 10 years in the Solomons before going to Fiji. Dr.

H. E. Knowles also left Fiji in July.

Formerly consultant radiologist at the CWM Hospital, Suva, Dr.

Knowles was to take up an appoint ment in Perth, WA. He joined the British colonial service in 1947 and arrived in Fiji about 18 years ago. © Mr. K. Farnell, the assistant controller international of the Aus tralian Postmaster-General’s depart ment arrived in Nauru recently to advise the Republic on international postal matters. He was scheduled to stay in Nauru for four weeks. Mean while, Mr. Doug Cavenett, his wife and three children, have arrived in Nauru. Mr. Cavenett, the new sub accountant with the Treasury Depart ment, will concentrate on aspects of international postal administration.

His arrival complete’s the team of overseas appointees to the Treasury Department since independence.

Others are Mr. D. Ferrier, secretary, Mr. I. Constable, accountant, and Mr.

L. Lozanic, sub-accountant. • Mr. Ken Phillips, who headed Conzinc Riotinto explorations for copper on Bougainville from 1964 to 1966 ( PIM, July, p. 83), was recently appointed chief geologist for a joint minerals exploration venture in all the Pacific Islands by two major American corporations— Dillingham and Signal Oil. He has been a popular figure in NG and the Solomons, checking out several mineral “prospects” in these areas.

Islanders are likely to see him back on the job in coming months. © Mr. Robert Packham, 19, of Auki, Malaita, recently won the Solomons open golf championship, played over 36 holes at the Honiara Golf Club’s course, Guadalcanal.

His win was quite a triumph for Malaita’s dedicated band of golfers (PIM, Jan., p. 30), who play on a

home course referred to by Honk golfers as “a chip and putt” cour Honiara boasts a bigger course, 1 obviously not better golfers. © Mr. Guy Chausy has taken his appointment as assistant genei manager of UTA French Airlines f Australia, based in Sydney. He h worked for UTA for the last 11 yej in Paris and Sierra Leone. © Mr. Kim Mahnkopf, of Tonga’s Dateline Hotel since opening in September, 1966, will ta up a new job in September—as ge eral manager of the Tradewinds Hot Suva. Mrs. Coral Clipstone, forme] of the Intercontinental Hotel, Auc land, will be the Tradewinds assi ant manager, • Joseph Prokop, a handsoj young Tahitian electrician, won 1 title of Tahiti Tane (Mr. Tahiti) a contest at Paea, Tahiti, in m June. © Mr. A. M. Holland, secrets of Coconut Products Limited, a 1 R. Carpenter NG subsidiary, t been appointed to the board of CF which is currently responsible for t group’s Ulaveo desiccated cocor plant near Rabaul. © Mr. Brian Walker, a W.

Carpenter employee for 15 yea has been appointed assistant ms ager of the group’s new desiccat coconut plant at Ulaveo, Raba New Britain. The plant’s forrr assistant manager, Mr. C. W. Jot: son, has transferred to Carpenter M headquarters at Port Moresby whe among other things, he will be i sponsible for the group’s executi cadet training scheme. The plan manager remains Mr. Hans Rothkirch. © Airan Hyland, of Tarawa, v recently married to Miss Hilda Lae of Auki, Malaita, at Auki. Ain who had just completed a two-ye course at the Auki Boat Buildi School, returned to Tarawa so after the wedding and Hilda v> expected to join him in Tarawa late July.

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Annette Lepper, has been vis mg Australia, doing her bit promote Fiji tourism. A PI photographer took the attract!

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office of the Fiji Travel Servic where Annette worked briefly a travel consultant. Her hon town is Savusavu.

ENGAGED-MARRIED. Miss Janet Hapworth and Mr. Brian Wood (top) at their en gagement party in Port Moresby recently, and (below) Miss Callie Tennant and Mr.

Noel Witcombe following their recent marriage in Port Moresby.

Photos: Larry Chin.

Above, P-NG's new Ministerial Members and Assistant Ministerial Members and members of the Administrator's Executive Council of the House of Assembly outside Government House, Port Moresby. Front row, left to right; Toua Kapena (Labour), Sinake Giregire (Posts and Telegraphs), F. C. Henderson (Assistant Administrator, Economic Affairs and senior official member), the Administrator, Mr. D. O. Hay, Matthais Toliman (Education), Tei Abal (Agriculture), L. W. Johnson (Assistant Administrator, Services). Middle, left to right: Tore Lokoloko (Health), Lepani Watson (Assistant Ministerial Member for Co-operatives), Kiabelt Diria (AMM, Local Govern ment), Siwi Kurondo (AMM, Forests), Joseph Langro (AMM, Information and Extension Services), Roy Ashton (Public Works), Joseph Lue (AMM, Technical Education and Training), Meek Singiliong (AMM, Rural Development). Back row, left to right: T. Ellis (official member), Angmai Bilas (Trade and Industry), Tom Leahy (additional elected member on Executive Council), Gala Gala Rarua (AMM, Treasury), Andrew Wabiria (AMM, Lands).

Fiji solicitor Mr. M. T. Khan, one of the nine members of Fiji's Federation Party which comprised the Opposition in the Fiji Legislative Council until they walked out last year in protest against the Fiji Constitution. Mr. Khan has since resigned from the party. Bi-elections for the nine seats will begin on August 31.

This Polynesian Airlines DC4 had just arrived at Faleolo Airport, Western Samoa, from Fiji—and it was the end of a day's work for these cheerful Samoan air hostesses. Picture by Rob Wright.

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Question-time for old-timers. At right is the NG Treasury staff, Rabaul, in 1921. The then Treasurer, Mr. W. R. Bailey, now living in NSW, is seated second from left. Mr. W. Sinclair (seated left of Mr. Bailey) and Mr. Benson (extreme right, back) have also been identified, but who are the others? P-NG's present Treasurer, Mr. A. P. J. Newman, would be grateful if some old-timer could name some of them so the picture can hang at headquarters, Port Moresby.

Below, Western Samoa's Head of State, Malietoa Tanumafili, with Mrs. Fiame Mataafa, wife of the Prime Minister, at the independence celebrations in June.

Pioneer Catholic missionary, Rev, W. A. Ross, SVD, was in Port Moresby from Mt. Hagen recently to present a paper to the Waigani seminar, on the history of the Mt. Hagen mission. He first walked into Mt. Hagen from the Madang coast in 1934.