Islands People

Deaths of Islands People

Rev B. T. Butcher The Rev Benjamin Thomas itcher, one of the first missionaries Papua, died at Katoomba, NSW, i July 29, aged 96. He was born in Dndon and ordained a Congrega- Mial minister in 1904.

Mr Butcher went to the Torres rail Islands in 1905 to work for e London Missionary Society. After orking on Darnley and Daru Islands 5 went to Aird Hill in the Purari elta, being the first missionary in the ;lta, which was then peopled by innibals.

Mr Butcher retired in 1938, seem gly a long time ago, but he was en 61, and had spent 33 years in a 'imitive country. With his second ife he lived at Wentworth Falls in ie Blue Mountains of NSW. He is irvived by her, two sons and a mghter.

Mr Atiheme Kimi Mr Atiheme Kimi, Member of the ouse of Assembly for Henganofi as among six Papua New Guineans illed on the Eastern Highlands High ay in early August when a truck in into a crowd of revellers going » a sing-sing.

A Member of the House since last jar’s general election, Mr Kimi was 5. From 1952 until he resigned last jar to contest the Henganofi seat,

Mr Kimi was an interpreter at the Henganofi Sub-District Office.

He was elected a local government councillor in 1964 and was president of the council from that year until 1968. He was still a councillor at •he time of his death. Mr Kimi voted with the Opposition United Party in the House of Assembly.

His funeral at Ababe village in the Eastern Highlands District was attended by more than 2,000 people including Mr Barry Holloway, Speaker of the House of Assembly, and the Eastern Highlands District Commissioner. Mr Jim Sinclair, who both paid tribute to his work. The

Chief Minister. Mr Michael Somare, and the Administrator, Mr L. W.

Johnson, sent wreaths.

Mr Bal Shankar Mr Bal Shankar who arrived in Fiji in 1900 with his parents, who were indentured, died recently in Suva, aged 80. On leaving school he joined the Suva engineering firm of Bish Ltd and worked his way up to become a director. He retired in 1966.

Captain H. Moors Captain Harry Moors, of Western Samoa, son of the late “Uncle” Harry

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Moors and one of the best-known mariners in the South Pacific, died suddenly on July 30, aged 52. Fitt ingly, he was at the helm of the Misimoa, a ship named after his father and of which he was part owner, when he had a heart attack.

After primary education in Western Samoa and secondary education at Auckland Grammar School, he at tended Fort Trumble, in Connecticut, US, graduating as an ensign. He joined Matson Navigation Co as a third mate, and then moved across to Lykes Lines in 1946 as chief officer. He served in an oceanography research ship for a few years and then with the Central Gulf SS Co.

In World War II he was a deck officer with the US Maritime Mer chant Service. He returned to Western Samoa in 1961 to become harbour master and pilot at Apia.

Cabinet ministers were among the large crowd which attended his funeral.

Captain Moors is survived by his wife, a son and daughter.

Rev R. Hanipale The Rev Rupi Hanipale, pastor of the Congregational Christian Church of Pago Pago, died suddenly on July 25, aged 48. He played an active part in setting up the Boys and Girls Brigade fales in Pago Village.

Mr I. S. Lala Iliesa Samu Lala, a Fijian who served in World War I, died recently at Lami Village, near Suva, aged 78, He was a clerk with Morris Hed strom in Suva till 1916, when he joined the Fiji Labour Corps and went to France. On his return he worked as a clerk with the Union Steam Ship Co of NZ Ltd for 40 years. He then became manager of the Lami Fijian School, retiring in 1972.

Captain T. Fatafehi Captain Tevita Fatafehi, Captain of the King’s Royal Guards in Tonga, died late in July, aged 72. He was educated at Tonga College and then became a policeman. He transferred from the police to the Tonga De fence Force. He leaves a widow and four children.

Dr Joan Tully Islanders concerned with agricul tural training will learn with regret of the death of Dr Joan Tully, of the University of Queensland. Dr Tully, who died suddenly in Brisbane on June 11, was in charge of the post graduate diploma in agricultural ex tension work, a course which she set up more than 10 years ago, involving many Pacific Islands students.