NEW GUINEA.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18763, 30 December 1930, Page 7

NEW GUINEA.

NOVELIST'S DESCRIPTION. By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON. December 29. On her third trip round the world, Miss Beatrice Grimshaw, a well-known writer, reached Wellington by 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, 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 had made rapid strides in New Guinea, under tne Lieut.-Governor, Sir Hubert Murray, who had been there 24 years. He was admirably fitted for the 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 quickly they mastered the intricacies of motorcars.