NEW GUINEA

Hokitika Guardian, 31 December 1930, Page 2

NEW GUINEA

CIVILISATION MAKING RAPID

STRIDES

(By Telegraph—Press Association)

WELLINGTON, December 20.

On her third trip round the world, Miss Beatrice Grimshaw, the wellknown writer, reached Welington 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 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 Is lands, and she had no difficulty producing the same amount of fiction as before. Civilisation had made rapid strides in New Guinea under Lieu-tenant-Governor Sir Hubert 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 quickly they mastered the intricacies of motor-cars.