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Mr Desmond O’Leary, the new Ad ministrator of Norfolk Island, unlike his two immediate predecessors, is not a retired RAAF officer. But Mr O’Leary served with the Royal Australian Navy in World War 11, and his appointment revives a naval tradition for Norfolk Island as four previous Administrators were Royal Navy men, the last one, Cap tain C. S. Elliott, from 1907 to 1913. Mr O’Leary’s RAN service was in the Pacific area during World War 11. He was demobilised with the rank of lieutenant commander. From 1971 to 1972 he was a member of ASIO, Australia’s now-not-so “hush-hush spy” set-up (Australian

Security Intelligence Organisation). He

held a number of administrative roles with ASIO, and from 1971 to 1974 was First Assistant Director-General. He then became a leasing officer with the Depart ment of Administrative Services, Melbourne. Mr O’Leary, 62, is married.

He was educated at Xavier College, Melbourne.

Mr J.M.R. Mansfield has been ap pointed New Zealand High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and is to take up his post in September. Mr Mansfield has had previous experience in the Pacific, having held a post with the NZ Foreign Affairs Department in Apia. He also served in Bangkok and New York. Mr Mansfield replaces Brigadier Brian Poenanga, who is

retiring.

Mr Peter J. Larke has been appointed area manager, South-West Pacific, for Qantas, and is based in Suva. It is a new post, and part of a new Qantas manage ment organisation. Previously Qantas in Fiji was responsible to a regional director, South Pacific, who was Sydney-based. The fact that Suva was chosen as the base for the new post is an indication that Qantas regards Fiji as a most significant country in a new management area. Mr Larke, who was in the planning and development branch in Sydney before this appointment, had previously served Qantas overseas in Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore. He joined Qantas in 1961.

Jois Waiman, a 21-years-old accounting clerk with Gas Supply New Guinea Pty Ltd, was the Papua New Guinea Appren tice of the Year for 1976. He was chosen from 12 final year apprentices. Soon after he was named as top apprentice, Jois went to Australia to have a close look at some of the installations operated by Gas Supply

Co of Australia in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Gas Supply Co, like Gas Supply New Guinea Pty Ltd, is part of the giant Boral complex. Jois is from Kavieng, and now works at Port Moresby. He is at present studying at technical college on a four-year course which will lead to a certificate in com merce. Community service projects played a major role in his selection as Apprentice of the Year. One of these was the forma tion of the Erima Youth Club, which con ducts social and sports programmes for members. The Gas Supply Co of Aust. ships liquid petroleum gas to PNG, the Solomons, the New Hebrides, Fiji, Tonga and the Cook Islands.

Mr Joseph D. Gibson has succeeded Mr

Josua Rabukawaqa as Fiji High Com

missioner in London. He was previously Deputy High Commissioner in London, and Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. Mr Rabukawaqa has returned to Fiji.

The Most Rev Leo Arkfeld, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Madang, has been awarded the honorary CBE. Honorary awards are made to citizens of nations out side the British Commonwealth.

Archbishop Arkfeld, who was born in the United States, went into the Papua New Guinea mission field in 1945. Most of his mission work was in the New Guinea area of PNG. Archbishop Arkfeld, after noting there was a need for aircraft in mission work, set up the missionary-operated Wirui Air Services. He learned to fly himself, 28 years ago, and has since logged more than 8000 hours. He is often referred to as the “flying bishop”.

Mr Andrew Deoki, former Fiji politician, barrister and solicitor and Director of Public Prosecutions, may prac tise in two States in Australia, as well as New Zealand and his home country. He was recently admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland. Earlier he had been admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

And many years ago, after graduation, he was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Mr Deoki, who had a brother in the Methodist Ministry in Fiji, ploughed a lonely furrow for three years in the old Fiji Legislative Council, being one of the few Indian politicians at that time outside the Federa tion Party.

Mr Garth ap Rees, 42, a Welshman, has been appointed regional representative in the South Pacific for the United Nations Development Programme. He has been with UNDP for 12 years, and has served in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mauritania, and at UNDP headquarters.

In his new post he will be stationed in Suva, but will visit all Island nations in the area to supervise UNDP technical assistance activities.

Mr Stephen Pokawin and Mr Lphrem Makis, graduates from the University of Papua New Guinea, have been awarded Commonwealth scholarships to study for their MA degrees at Canadian universities.

Mr Pokawin, who is from Dungoumasih, near Lorengau, will read politics at McGill University, Montreal. Mr Makis, from Buin, Bougainville, will go to Carleton University, Ottawa, to read economics.