Deaths Of Islands People

Mr. Ken Dalrymple-Hay Leading Solomons businessman and former wartime Coastwatcher, Mr.

Ken Houston Dalrymple-Hay, OBE, died in Sydney on May 30, as this issue of PIM went to press. A de tailed tribute will appear in the next issue.

Marie Mariterangi

Marie Mariterangi, a highly popu lar Tahitian singer, died in Papeete on April 27 at the age of 44.

For nearly 20 years, Marie Mari terangi was “one of the queens of the Tahitian nights, the symbol of a joie de vivre” —to quote the Papeete newspaper, Le Journal de Tahiti.

She sang in all the hotels and dance halls from lowly Quinn’s to the Royal Tahitien and Royal Papeete; toured Hawaii, California, Germany and elsewhere; and recorded more songs on disc and tape than any other Tahitian singer.

Miss Mariterangi accompanied her self either with the guitar or ukelele and specialised in Tuamotuan folk music. She was a gay performer with a keen sense of humour, A large crowd followed her funeral cortege to Papeete’s Uranie cemetery.

Mrs. Poupouare Harry

Mrs. Poupouare Harry, of Mangaia in the Southern Cooks, has died at the age of 79.

Mr. G. F. W. Zimmer Resident Magistrate in the Papuan Administration 40 years ago, Mr.

George F. W. Zimmer died at his home in Hull, Yorkshire on March 31 in his 82nd year.

Mr. Zimmer had a life full of adventures, many of which he related in special articles in PIM, his last being in the July, 1970 issue, when he told of one of his many expeditions in pursuit of Papuan headhunters.

Born in England, Mr. Zimmer flew with the RAF in World War I and distinguished himself in many air sorties, being awarded the DFC and the French Croix de Guerre. He reached the rank of squadron leader.

The war over, he went to Papua as a patrol officer in a country which had then been little explored.

He carried out many important patrols, especially in the Kukukuku country and in the Western District.

He was regarded by the then Lieut* Governor, Sir Hubert Murray, as one of his best “outside” men.

Later, he became Resident Magistrate, retiring in 1935 and joining the staff of one of the oil companies with field headquarters at Dam.

Mr. Zimmer wore the RAF uniform a second time with the outbreak of World War II and served throughout as a squadron-leader.

He is survived by his wife, Nan.