Who’s Who on the Tofua

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 639, 16 April 1929, Page 7

Who’s Who on the Tofua

The Union Steam Ship Company’s Island steamer Tofua reached Auckland at 4 o’clock .yesterday afternoon with a large number of passengers who made the round trip and several officials who were returning from duty in Samoa. The trip had been a splendid one. Good weather had been experienced all the way. * * ♦ Mr. P. J. O’Carroll, of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, Suva, Fiji, returned to New Zealand on furlough. Mr. Erik Arentz, the retiring Con-sul-General for Norway for Australia and New Zealand, has visited the Islands before returning to Norway. He stated that he had enjoyed the trip very much and that he. would spend a‘few days at Rotorua before going on to Wellington to join the Makura for America, which he will visit on his way home. Mr. Arentz will be succeeded by Mr. I-lans Fay, Consul-General in New York and at one time Vice-Consul in Australia. Mr. E. Stanton Brown, an Englishman, has just completed his sixth tour of the world. Since the war he has travelled extensively. This is his first visit to New Zealand, which he admires so much that he may eventually settle here. Mrs. Stanton Brown, who accompanies her husband, has made five trips round the world. They prefer side trips to out of the way corners. Mr. F. W. Parker, who until recently was secretary to the resident commissioner at Savaii. is returning to rejoin the New Zealand Civil Service. He was stationed in Apia for some years, where he was assistant secretary to Colonel Hutehen, formerly secretary to the Administration. Mr. H. Connor, a planter. has lived on the Island of Upolo for the past 13 years, and has returned to Auckland to enjoy a holiday. The Rev H. Darvili, a member of the London Missionary Society, has been stationed in Samoa for the past eight years and is on his way back to London. He refused to make any statement or comment about affairs in Samoa, saying that he would do that when he reached London if an opportunity offered itself. He confessed that he was acquainted with both sides of the question concerning the troubles there, but he preferred to remain quiet in New Zealand. Mr. Darvili is accompanied by his wife and family. During the voyage the death occurred of Mr. S. G. Featherstone, a journalist, of Hamilton. He died suddenly on April 1 and was buried at Nukualofa. The funeral service was conducted by the Rev. R. Page. Methodist Minister, and was attended by the consul and agent. Mr. Russell and Captain MacDonald, master of the Tofua.