Solomons during

the war

Ex-wartime Coastwatcher and Census Commissioner in the recently completed population count in the Solomon Islands, Mr. Dick Horton, is having his second book published soon by A. H. and A. W. Reed. Called Fire Over the Islands, it’s about the fighting in the Solomons during the Pacific War.

Mr. Horton, who played a large part in Coastwatching activities during the war, emphasises particularly the part played by the Solomon Islanders in the battle. His first book, The Happy Isles, told of life in the Solomons between 1937 and 1942 and a last book in his Solomons triology, still in preparation, is about post-war life in the protectorate.