NORFOLK ISLAND NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 12

NORFOLK ISLAND NEWS.

RESIDENT'S NARROW ESCAPE. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS. r \ [FROM OVR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NORFOLK ISLAND. Sept. 3. Mr. W. ('. Berrige, a horticulturist, formerly in the employ of tho New Zealand Government and now of Norfolk Island, narrowly escaped a violent death recently. Tripping over a root at the edge of a high ciitT, ho dropped fifteen feet before a projecting ledge arrested his fall. Several ribs were broken and ho was considerably injured otherwise. He is now recovering.

The annual election of six members to the Executive* Council took place recently. Of eight candidates, the following were elected :—Messrs. Eustaco Christian, Charles Christian, E. C. Robinson, P. M. Buffett, J. S. Robinson, and F. J. Tattle (a Mainlander). The administrator, Col. A. J. Bennett, subsequently appointed six members, as follows: Messrs. H. W. Grey, H. F. Chapman, C. E. Hogarth, Brancker, B. Nobbs, C. C. R. Nobbs and J. S. Quintal. The administrator is chairman of the council ex officio, and the members elect a president from among themselves. The new council consists of eight islanders and four " Mainlnnders," the same proportion as last year. The councillors have ejected Mr. E. C. Robinson president for another vear.

Mr. Roy 8011, photographer, of Norfolk Island, was horn on Sunday Island, Kermadec Group, and lived there for nineteen years. Consequently he is taking the keenest interest in the present movement to establish a group settlement there. Mr. Bell knows every foot of Sunday Island and can talk most interestingly of its possibilities. Coming as they did from their little islet of a few acres in the vast Pacific, the Pitcnirners were impressed hv NorfolkIsland, which is just three miles across, as n land of " magnificent distances." A visit to the cemetery a few hundred yards from Kingston Pier, was considered qnite an undertaking, and provision was made overnight for a very early start, with ample food supplies, in case of being benighted on the return journey. Something of the same idea still persists. A resident of Kingston going to stay with a relative at say. Middlegate, just one and n-half miles away, always speaks of ruing "up country for a change." <" Mainlanders" are amused by the expression, especially visitors from Queensland, who aie accustomed to distances of 50 to 100 miles between homesteads.

A full parad" of Girl Guides under Guide Captain Mrs E. J. C. Stopi). arid Roy Scouts, under Scoutmaster S. R. Richardson, was held at the Methodist Church on Sunday last. The morning was beautifully fine and the church was crowded. The service was conducted by •he Rev. T. E. Adams. An islander was assured that ducks ii confinement required exercise to cet the best results. Tie achieved hi? ohWt by miking a narrow enclosure, about 100 yart's lonsr, and putting the food at ono end and the water at the oilier end.

You'll seo th« choicest meat that money can buy in A.M.C. shops this week. Deal with A.M.C. for quality—you get the best, you don't, pay more ! A series of lectures, commend neon TWsdfty next- will be given in the Tlowe Street Hall. Newton, by Mr. J. X. Ctuphatn. who ha? spirit some years in Palestine. He will deal with the rec?it rioting in Jerusalem. Have plenty of cheap eggs. Use Sharland's Egg Preservative now. Is 3d tins prepares 15 dozen.