People

• Mr Mosese Qionibaravi, of Suva, and his wife Anaseini need never be short of something to talk about. They can always talk politics.

Mr Qionibaravi was elected to the Fiji House of Representatives in November, filling a vacancy caused by the death of Ratu Sir Edward Cakobau. His wife has been a mem ber of the Senate for some time. • Dr G. B. Gris, 32, graduate of the Fiji School of Medicine and the University of Michigan, has been ap pointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Papua New Guinea.

A New Guinean, Dr Gris is Chief of Dental Services with the PNG De partment of Public Health. Dr Rex Mortimer, 47, an Australian, has been appointed the university’s Professor of Political Studies, and Dr John Ballard, 43, an American, has been appointed W. D. & H. O. Wills Pro fessor of Administrative Studies. Dr Mortimer is currently with the Uni versity of Sydney, and Dr Ballard with the Australian National Uni versity, Canberra. • President of the World Bank, Mr Robert McNamara, will visit PNG at the end of January, during which he will fly over the Purari and Ramu basins. The Minister for Defence and Foreign Relations, Mr Albert Maori Kiki, said in December Mr McNamara’s visit was “an honour” for PNG. • King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV, of Tonga, has been awarded an honour ary doctorate at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, of which he was the first Chancellor. His suc cessor as chancellor, President Ham mer Deßoburt, of Nauru, conferred the doctorate on the king at a grad uation ceremony on December 4 and also handed out 54 bachelor degrees, 61 diplomas of education and seven certificates of education. • Bishop Louis Vangeke, the first indigenous Roman Catholic bishop of Papua New Guinea, has been ap pointed Bishop of Bereina. Since his consecration he has been auxiliary bishop to Archbishop V. Copas, of Port Moresby. • Nauru golfer Neville Pearson had a large “hole-in-one” sandwich one Sunday’s game in November. He holed in one at the seventh, which was meat for him and, following custom, drink for the other players at the 19th. But, as the Nauru Bulletin pointed out, that was the middle of the sandwich. His hole in one was preceded by an eight at the sixth and another eight at the eighth!

He didn’t win the trophy.