MISS BEATRICE GRIMSHAW

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 14, 30 December 1930, Page 3

MISS BEATRICE GRIMSHAW

THIRD TRIP ROUND WORLD. HOME LN NEW GUINEA. Wellington, December 29. On her third trip round the world Miss Beatrice Grimshaw, a wellknown writer, reached Wellington bv the Makura yesterday. She intends to go to Rarotonga by the vessel and stay there until the worst of the northern winter is over. For the past few months Miss Grimshaw has been in her home at Port Moresby, New Guinea, where she does the greater part of her work. Miss Grimshaw said there was a wealth of material in the Pacific Islands, and she had no difficulty in producing the same amount of fiction as before. Civilisation, she said, had made rapid strides in New Guinea under the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Herbert Murray, who had been there 24 years. He was admirably fitted for his arduous duties. When Miss Grimshaw first went to Port Moresby 23 years ago any person who went down the coast took his life in his hands. Now many natives were employed as cooks and chauffeurs, and made fine servants. They were particularly proficient in dealing with machinery of any kind, and it was remarkable how quckly they mastered the intricacies of motor cars.