Obituaries

Mr. Tamaine Ngariu Mr. Tamaine Ngariu, of Tamarua, Mangaia, in the Cook Islands, died recently, aged 91.

A strong church supporter, he fought in Europe in World War I, then lived in Tahiti for a period be fore returning to Mangaia, where he lived most of his life. He was widely respected in Mangaia’s villages.

Mr. R. J. Paul Mr, Richard Johnstone Paul, New Guinea “Before” and a director of Steamships Trading Co. Ltd. for nearly 20 years, has died at South port, Queensland, aged 74.

He arrived in NG in 1923 and before World War II worked for British New Guinea Development Company Ltd. and Guinea Airways at Wau and Salamaua.

He joined Angau during the war and in 1947 began work with Steamies in Port Moresby as a clerk.

Soon after he was moved to the com pany’s Samarai branch, appointed branch manager and a director.

Later, he returned to Moresby for Steamships. In 1966 he retired, and, having married late in life, moved to Queensland. He’s survived by his wife.

Mrs. R. M. Morris The death occurred in Sydney in December of Mrs. May Morris, of Tangoa, West Santo, New Hebrides.

She was 74.

Mrs. Morris had been found in the kitchen of her home at Tangoa with a fractured skull and a broken hip and was flown to Sydney for medical attention, where she died in hospital. There is to be a post mortem.

Mrs. Morris was born on Pakea Island in the Banks Group, the eldest daughter of the late Frank Whitford, who was a pioneer settler in the New Hebrides. She lived all her life in the New Hebrides, and her husband, Rod, was lost at sea in 1931 during a hurricane at Santo.