ON A WORLD TOUR

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 154, 29 December 1930, Page 10

ON A WORLD TOUR

MISS BEATRICE GRIMSHAW

•WELL-KNOWN STORY WRITER

On her third trip round the "world, Miss Beatrice Grimshaw, the wellknown writer, reached Wellington by the Makura yesterday from Sydney. She intends to go on 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. She believes in keeping closely in touch with the Old Country, and for'that purpose she makes a trip to London about every three years. Speaking to a "Post" reporter, Miss Grimshaw jSaid she was still writing as much as ever. There was a wealth of material in the.Pacific islands, and she had no difficulty in producing the same amount of fiction as before. Her ■ new travel book, "Dream Islands," which dealt with adventures in the Western Pacific, especially headhunting, would be available shortly. Civilisation had made rapid strides in New Guinea, under the LicuteuantGovernor, Sir Hubert Murray, who had been there for 24 years, said MissGrimsliaw. 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 of the natives were employed as "cooks and chauffeurs, and they made very fine servants. They wore particularly proficient in dealing with machinery of any kind, nnd it was remarkable how quickly they mastered the intricacies of motor-cart..