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has to i~cnlnde l~ecnusethe Go\-ern- tlii) prices of n-ool, n-lieat, gold, till, Hard Times in Papua. i~lrilt11:1s iiot eiiougll illoncl\ to pay alid soiile other things, 1ia1.c. risen a its people thcii full 11-agf3s. Thc: good deal, these bad tll~les:ire nearly HIS is the srcoi~dtime that nre Gal-c~rniiient is very sorry tl~atit has ~i~ded.But wllilC tlie 11ad tinics have talked nbotlt hard tillies hat1 to 111alic: this " dcductioil " ; but 11-cre ill Australia,, cvcrybody suffered T in Paptia. rn Februar~..1931, :ts tlie " Revenue " (tllo nloiley that n lot Iron1 tlw shortnge of liioncj.. when copra was K14 5s. :L tuii, :~nd everybocly 11:~ysto the Government Vcry liiany tho~lsttildsof pcople lost rubber 5d. a pound, in II,ondon, U-e in Cnston~sdnties, arms per~ilits, tllcir jobs becansix tllcir rmplo~ers thought things were very bat1 Iiere. were unable to find work for them, But now copra is 18 :5s. :L ton, and and the Goverrllnent had to increase rnbbrxr about 32d. a pound in London. tlic taxes to gct the Inone!; to help And m-hat is evc.11 IT-orse, tlic 0111~- tlies~IT-orkless ones. IIowever, these copra t'hat can l)(. soltl for this lo~v sad dt~ysare now passilig a~vay,and price is sll~x-srid "kiln-dried ; snlolie- things are. becoming- very much bettcr dried ropra is not wltnttscl. If the for el rrybody. price of rubber got^ nrly loner, the plantations will have to stop But Papna is nowhaving bad timcs, irlaking rubber; for tl~errioney t'lley and tl~esc: bad times will continnc? .will get for tlieir rubl~erv-ill not be ulitil our two principal products, ,enough to pay the labourers M-hot:ip c:opra and rnbber, return to their the trees. And if the rubbcr plan- usual prict,s. The lnoiley that comc.s tations have to be closed, it mill mean to us from the sale of our otller that a lot of ~-1litelncn alid natives products-gold, desiccated coconut, ~villlose theii- jobs. The sanlr thing pearls, trochus-shell, bkche-de-nwr, will happen if tlie coconut plalitatiorls t~lrtle-shell,coffee, sendalu-ood and havc to stop malring coprn. There a fen other things-is not sufficit~lit are only a few rubber plantations, to pay the wagos of the ~vliitel)eol)lt~ but therc arc. vrry rnaily c~oconnt :%lid the nativcs who n-ork ill this estatrs, besides all tho palins that are country, for it is only a s~nallslll1r OII-II~~by the) I-ilktgers, so tllr present' compared to what we used to get for low price for copra is wry bad for our copra and rubl~er. hnci :LS suc~ll ererj.body in Papa. things as pearls, troc.hus-shcll, sandal- wood and bbche-de-rncr have also 111 February, 1931, U-e said Xns- " A Pig Shield, Morehead River hcen selling for low prices for sol~~t~ tr:tli:r, is very poor nowadays-111ore time past, this drop ill the copra and so tlian 111a115. other countries." 11-e land rt:llts, anci for othcr thillgs) is rubber lnarkcts will be felt morr can now say the same words about keenly. Papi~a,for ourJc:ountr'y is T-erysliort snlaller this year' than it has been for very ni;tnjr years, it has to do it. of money ; so ~~oor,tlint the C:orcrn- Tht. n-ork of the Governllient has to h n-hit,e nian told us the ot1ic.r nielit has told all the white people dxy that he TT-ishecllie n.crcl ;L Pal)uaii, who n-ork for it, thac, from the 1st be lrept going, so when the Hevrnuc beconles slilall, the Gorern~ilenthas bccanse bad tinics are not, felt so Novc:nlbcr (this luonth), their n-ages 11luc11 by the 1'apll:tns as tliey arc 1)y will be smaller. This lnealls that tb do the best it can with tlie money it has. tlie n-hitc people. If :L P:ll,nrtil lost':: all th~Goverrlrnc~nt pcople will have l~isjol,, he said, IIP nord riot I+-orq- X1 ollt of eT,ery 5'10 of their wages Alustra,lia.hashad Irard tilllcs for b(vxi~ise11c call a,l~~-aysgo 1):~c.kto liis . not paid to thcm. Tliis "dedllction" tho last four years, but no^^^, b(.c:tuse village a,1i(1 Iivc on 111s g:~,rd~>n;but 82 THE PAPUAN VILLAGER NOVEMBER. 1933
the \Thitr man is not so lucky, for he peaksand domes of the ranges tower- Death of Mr. L. A. Flint. has to xi-orl; all the time for liis ing above the clouds. It was a very -. iil-ing, so the loss of his job is a very - hot walk over these steaming grass The death occurred at Abau, on the big thing to him. This statement is flats, so we were very glad when We 19th October ,last, of Mr. Leopold 2orrect so far as it concerns the white reached the first of the moulltains Aclin Flint, who for the past six and :, rrlen, and the Papuans who work for and entered the shade of the jungle. a-half years has been Assistant Resi- the white people. After climbing about 3,000 feet, we dent Magistrate, Abau district, East- came to a place on the summit from ern Division. But tlit? hard times we felt very which we llad a clear view of the mn(;h the Papuans-the villagers lowlands - a great plain of green, Mr. Flint entered the Public Service who get tlieir money from the copra streaked with the silvery courses of in August, 1916, and was appointed that they make from their coconuts. the rivers which flowinto sound; Actlng Assistant Resident Magistrate, No4 that copra is SO low in price, it Away ahead were the mountains, Western Divisibn, in April, 1917. A tnea,ns they will not get very ~nuch hundreds and hundreds of rugged, year later he became Acting R,esident nioliey for it, and so they will not be turnbled mountains, lifting their Magistrat'e, Western Division, and ablc to bny all the Lobacco, rice, flour, jagged crests above the sea of pearl- remained in charge of that Division tinned meat and the many other coloured fog that covered their danks, until he was appointed Assistant things that they want. And while Resident Magistrate, Baniara, Sorth- \VC. are talking about buying things, We followed a narrow track, up and Eastern Division. Since then he had it is a good time to tell you not to down steep rrlountain sides, until we served as Assistant Resident Rlagis- \~,zsteyour rnoney on things that are carne, just before sundol~n,to a small trate at Ioma, N.D., Rigo, C.D., and not useful or lasting. An axe, knife, village that was perched on a razor- Kokoda, N.D., before going to Abau adze or :L saw, a fish-line and some backed spur. Here we lliade calnp ; in February, 1927. hooks, a sail for your canoe, a cook- very gladly on my part, for I was so illg.pot, are things that a lvise rnan tired after the long day's climb that We regret very much the 15-ill buy, for they are really useful. I could not have gone any further. this popular Officer, and we extend While the camp was being put up, I Our deep sympathy to Mrs. Flint a do not know llow long these had a look at the ~h~~ her young son in their great 10 bad times will last ; we have had hard were very pleased to see us, for hiley all over Papua, both wh tinles before, but they were always us with smiles and helped our and native, will hear with great rcgr folloived by good times, so we can police and carriers to build camp. of the death of the,ir qld friend. 0111~ these good They mere all sturdy people, rather return to Papue. short in stature, with muscular arms and legs and deep chests, like most Papuan Medical Students at mountaineers. That night I had my Sydney University. A Visit to the Kunimaipa first experience of the cold mountain Country. air ; it was cold, just as cold as 1 have The twelve Pepuan Students, wi found it in the Blue Mountains in their two cook-boys, are now livi If you look at the map of Papua, New et the Quarantine Station Reserve YOU will, see many high mountains Leaving these friendly people, we near Manly, Sydney. We have se and big rivers shown in the north- went on to the village of Natala, pictures of them in the Sydney pape western c'ornerof theCentralDivision, which is ,on a mountain not far from and they all look very well and hap between Aft. Yule and Mts. Chapman Mount Yule. The views from this as they sit at their desks, listening and Strong. A big river, the Kuni- . village are very beautiful, far grander a doctor describe the bones and 0th maipa, has its source in the highlands than anything I have seen in Aus- parts of a men's body. between Mt. Chapman and Mt. tralia; theyare so wonderful that I W, hope to receive sonle news Strong ; the latter mountain is called cannot even attempt to describe them from strongby next mail, Tvhich . after Dr. Strong, the present Chief -they must be seen to be believed. ,, will publish in our next issue. Officer who, when The Natals people came to meet, S 'le was a magistrate, was the first us ; they led us into the village, and Officer to patrol into then brougllt us a great of that country. the readers of B.P.'s New Motorship. vegetables and some pigs, preseqts - *he Pa~anVzllage: know J)r. Strong for patrol. ~h~~ gave us a qnite well. " Malaita " Launched last September. wonderful welcome ; and the friendly , A few months ago, I had the good Natala peoplewill longbe remembered Messrs. Burns, Philp & Company, fortune to accompanyMr. Jack Hides, by the police and the carriers who Limited, will soon have its new Patrol Officer, on a patrol to' the were with us, as well as by Mr. Hides motorship, Malaita, in New Guinea Icunirnaipa district. We left Kai- and myself. And when we moved waters. The new- ship, which was ruku, on Yule Island, and for the on again, some of these good people built on the Clyde, in Scotland, is next three days walked over the came with us as carriers.-(to be con- 325 feet long, 47 feet wide and 23t grass plains of the Mekeo Valley, cluded). feet deep. She can carry 3,400 tons ..seeing near and far ahead the great -L. James O'Malley. of cargo, and with this cargo she only NOVEMBER. 1933 THE PAPUAN VrlLLAGER 83
draws 20 feet 9 inches; she is fitted Buried Word Competition Football and Cricket at Mailu. with motor engines that will drive her No. 2. 3,300 tons through the water. at a Notes from Tin, L.M.S., Mailu. speed of 12 knots (about 14 miles) an hour. A Prize of 2s. will be given to the On the 25th September Mr. Alack winner of this competition. Rich brought his football and cricket The new ship has five large hatches, We choose 15 words from Lesson 4 teams to Mailu. They arrived at 6.40 fifteen derricks and ten electric a.m., and Mr. Mack Rich and the Rev. winches, so she will be able to handle ("The Calendar ") of the Papz~an School Reader. But some of the W. J. Saville decided that we would her cargo very speedily. She is also play football first. All of us then fitted with an extra-strong derrick letters are missing. They are shown by "dashes" (-). You must look marked all the touch-lines, and at 3.30 thab is able to hdle,heavy a~ticles p.m. we started to play. The Rev. up to 20 tons in weight. through1the lesson and find the right word. and fill in the missing letters W. J. Saville was'the Referee. She has staterooms for 10l>passen- in this way :- Isuleilei kicked off. It was a good gers, besides accommodation for -E--M-ER game, for Isuleilei scored 3 goals, and steerage and deck passengers. DE C E 81 B.ER we kicked 7 goals, so Mailu won the game. In the evening we all looked The Malaita was to sail from Here are the buried words you must Middlesborough, England, on her first at moving picturesin the school house, look for :- cruise to the Pacific Islands, on the after which we had prayers and went 25th October. She will call at J--R-E- to bed. Singapore, Port Moresby, Samarai, -R--S-S On Tuesday we started the cricket Rabaul and Townsville on her way S-M-H-W match at 9.30 a.m. Mailu batted to Sydney. She is to replace the C--E-D-- so well that, although the Isuleilei steamer Mataram in the Sydney- -A-U-D-Y fielded very well, we made 178 runs. Solomon Islands trade. The Isuleilei then had their innings, S-E--G but, although they played very nicely, C--I-G they only scored l27 runs. Thematch -I--81-N ended at 3.30 p.m.
S E-C-P- Record Aeroplane Flights. We !hen played anotkr footbail S--S-N- game, and we played it very hard be- England to Austral~a. P-C-U-E- cause it was the last game. Some of -E-RA-Y the Isulcilei boys said "Never mind Sir Charles KingsfordGmith arrived T-E--Y if we die," and they kicked plenty at WTyndham,North-West Australia, - - NT-S goals ; that is why they said 'L Never [on the 12th October last, having D--17-E- mind if we die." We kicked 6 goals flown from Croydon, England, in 7 to their 4, so we won again. That days, 4 hours, 50minutes. This time Only subscribers to The Papuan evening all the boys and girls went beat the record of 8 days, 20 hours, Qillaaer can win the ~rize. to the big house and played games. 44 minutes, which was made by Mr. C. F. Scott, an Englishman, in 1929. If more than one answer is right, The Isuleilei people wanted to go home that night, but the wcather was But Sir Charles Kingsford Smith the one which is written most neatly will win. bad with heavy rain, so they had to did not hold his record very long, for wait until daylight before they could on the 23rd October (11 days later) Answers must reach the Editor leave. his fricnd, Mr. C. T. P. Ulm arrived before the 9th December, 1933. at Derby, on the north-west coast of This month the Mailu football and Australia, after having flown from In order to give more distant sub- cricket teams are going to Isuleilei to England in 6 days, 17 hours, 56 scribers in the Territory an oppor- play some more games. mlnutrs. Mr.+Im thus took about tunity of entering the Competition, Dear Editor, I will ask you this little 11 hours less on the journey than did the closing date has been extended as question. Which white man taught Sir Charles. above. football to the Papuan boys ? It is aboui 12,000 miles- from We have received answers to this England to Australia; Mr. Ulm would competition from people who are not [Football has been played for very many years in Papua. The present Editor of The therefore have averaged about 74 subscribers to The Papuan Villager. Papuan Villager saw a game at Kwato, in milcs :m hour on the journey. If we This is a pity, for their answers cannot 1895, the teams being made up from the could travel by aeroplane in Papua be considered unless they are sub- students who were then residing at Kwato. we would be able to leave Daru at gcribers. VCTe mention this, in case The Rev. C. W. Abel taught his scholars 9 a.m., call at Port Moresby at noon, somebody, who sends in the correct cricket, and, as football was then played et Kwato, it is verypossible that he was the first remain an hour for lunch, and then list and does not win the prize, may white-man to teach the game to the Papuans. arrire at Samaral in time for after- not understand why the answer was Does anybody know of any football hav~ng noon tea at 4 pm. not a winning one. been played by Papuans prior to 1895 ? Ed.1 86 THE PAPUAN VILLAGER NOVEMBER. 1933
Buried Word Competition as missionaries and teachers to help Hospital his life could not be saved, No. 3. the Papuans. and his death meant that another good _ They have come from the Cook Samoan had given his life for Papuans. A Prize of 2s. will be given to the Islands, Samoan Islands, Society Is- All Papuans will be solry to hear winner of this competition. . lands and Fiji. of Saaga's death, and for his aife and Papua is very different from those the little baby which was born not We choose 15 words from Lessons long before the father dled. And 5 and 6 of the Papuan School Reader. islands. There is plenty of food there But some of the letters are missing. because the people work very hard in when Saaga's widow- and her little their gardens and the soil is very good baby went back alone to Samoa all They are shown by "dashes" (p). You must look through the lessons for growing food. There is not the those who had met her felt srery sad; and, find the right word, and fill in same bad fever in the islands that but when they get,,back to Galnoa, we hope that the meeting wlth their the missing letters in this way :- everybody gets in Papua. The people are srery good to each other, and they friends there will help them to bear --E-RI-0-Y are very kind to their teachers and the pain of their sorroa. TERRITORY give them all the food they need, be- We say "Thank you" for coming Here are the buried words you must cause they love them. to us. look for :- They like the message of love which -W. J.V.S. -U-.-E-T-O- missionaries brought them niany --A--B-A-D years ago from Europe. And they want other people like Papuans to DISTRICT NEWS C--C--F--E-C- (From our own Correspondents) hear the same message of love and to - S--S--R- help them to grow better and wiser BANIARA -U.--H--T as they have grown. (Correspondent-Barton Dlr~tanumo) M-D--G-- Fred Saaaa was one of these Good Tax Collecting. Q--R-E-S Samoans. f3e came to Papua about From the 25th to the 28th Septeml~erthe Magistrate was away collectirig the native -- two and a-half years ago. His father m7-YS in Samoa, now an old man, has been tax in the Boienai villages. S-I-N--G Mr. Whitehouse, Senior Medical Assistant,. head teacher in the L.M.S. Training and two of his native assistants, arrived at -0-T-M College in Samoa for forty years. Baniara on the 28th September. Next morn- FA--E-E- Fred Saaga was sent by his fitther to ing Mr. Pebersen and his party left for Menapi,. -T-AI--T New Zealand to school, and when he to visit the villages between there and Tufi. left school he returned to Samoa and Mr. Whitehouse and his assistants left for TH--SA-- worked for the Government at the Boianai, to visit the villages between there T-R--NG "Observatory," a place where they and the boundary of the Eastern Division. On the 17th October the Magistrate Mr. 'U-D-E- watch the Sun, and Moon, and Stars J. G. Fowler left in the whaleboat for Boga- and all their movements, by means of hoga, where he met Mr. Petersen. We then Only subscribers to The Papuan very big telescopes. went to Mukawb and reached there at 5 p.m. viZlage~can win the prize. Fred Saaga got very good pay for Next day the tax was collected. l Next day we went to Bnku and Wabubu If more than one answer is right, keeping all these instruments clean and collected tax in those villages. The fol- the one which is written most neatly and in good order. He had a China- lowing day we moved to Dabora and did some- will win. . man to cook all his food for him, and more tax work. Returned to Baniara when at each weekend he had a motor car this was done. Answers must reach the Editor to take him to his parents' place where before the 10th February, 1934. General. he could go to his church with his The low price of copra is bad. Many of We have received answers to this own people. the villagers are talking about growing coffee competition from people who are not He gave up all these good things to get more money. subscribers to The Papuan Vzllage~. to come to Papua to help Papuans.' Mr. Humphries, RM., N.E.D , came to This is a pity, for their answers cannot Bania~for a visit, we were all glad to see- The London Missionary Society sent him again, but we are sorry that he is going be considered unless they are sub- him to Lawes College after he came away to the Northern Division. scribers. We mention this, in case to Papua, so that he might do the We have had plenty rain, and it has helped somebody, who sends in the correct same kind of work that his good father the gardens a lot, but the wet weather gives- list and does not win the prize, may had done for so many years in Samoa. the people colds and coughs. not understand why the answer was Many of the people cpe to Baniara on not a winning one. He was very happy at Lawes Col- Saturdays to practise Soccer " football. lege and in his work, and everybody Some people come from Koianaki, inland of who met Saaga loved him, and loved Abuaro, to play football. I think tbey will Saaga. his little wife too. play it well in future. Fred The Lazonbada came here on 29th October. But our hearts are very sad now His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, His Many men and women have come because he got very bad fever, and Lordship Rishop de Boismenu and the Rev. to Papua from the South Sea Islands although he was sent to the Samarai Mother Solange were on board, also the Hon.- j NOVEMBER, 1933 THE PAPUAN VILLA GER
1' $I.L. Murray. This is the first time the started on her voyage on the 3rd instant. We the 8th instant and resulted in a win for Bishop has been to th~spart of Papua. all hope the voyagers will have a beautiful Samarai, the scores being Samarai, 3 goals ; I hear the Nliso has had engine trouble this and a succ.essfu1 trip to the west, and a good Port Moreshy, 2 goals. trip. voyage back. We expect her to return to t Hanuabadn in two or three months. Visit of Samarai Natives. PORT MORESBY Native Contributions (Cwrespondent-lgo E-) The Samarai Native Cricket and Football Teams arrived on the 5th instant by the Three People Die from Snake-b~te Laurabada. They returned to Samarai on How the First People Came to Papua. There have heen three fatal cases of snake- the .Monto~o on the 10th instant. Here is a story my grandfather told me bite th~syear. Cricket. about how the first people came. .4 Cricket Match between the Port Moreshy Two people were bitten in August The First of all, our Papuan country was empty. A and Samarai Native Cricketers, was played firat was woman, her name was Hevarl No one lived In Papua , but there was a hjg pit Morea She had been to her garden to weed at Port Moreshy Oval on the 6th, 7th and 8th under the ground. The people lived in there, and clear around the plants, also to get some November, 1933. Samarai won the toss and and they always tr~edto come up. Only a decided to bat. Port Moresby won thegame food fol her ch~ldren. She was walklng on few people lived there in that pit ; they had a by an innings and 149 runs. The scores the track from her garden to the maln road good village and good houses too. '. when a black snake b~ther. She called out follow :- at once to PI~IGall, the Coxswa~n of the SAMARAI (1sT INNINGS). Found One Way. John Guise, c. Rea Mea, b. Heni Heni ... 74 . H. $ S,and he cut the places where the Seibai, c. Heni Puka, b. Xohu Dogodo ... 6 There was a man who was always trying snake had h~ttenher He then helped her Ileari, b. Hitolo Hekure ...... 1 to find a good way to come up. One day he along the road as far as the turnoff to the Tom English, b. Hitolo Hekure ... . 0 made a net to catch the birds. Another day Cemetery , Sister Falrhall met them and Paul Sigamata, l.b.w., b. Hitolo Hekure ... 2 he went in the forest ; he saw a nest on a tree, gave her the proper treatment for snake-bite. hfazeppa Bacca, b. Rea Mea ...... 47 Popoka, c. Rea Mea, b. Peter Taurino ... 8 and he knew it was a hornhill's nest. It was too late to save her, for the poor woman Situ Solomon, b. Hila Tutuhi ...... 11 He put his net near the nest and hid hmself died at ten o'clock the same night. Sikini. b. Kohu Dogodo ...... 32 ... under the tree. And when the evening came Also in August, a man named Gaihu Gabe. Mahiti. b. Hila Tutuhi ...... 0 ? Gaileko, not out ...... 3 the hornbill flew into the nest, but she flew ; who, with his brother and some other people, Sundries ...... 36 into the net and she was falling down with the was making a new garden on the Laloki River, net and the man ran and caught it. He was ' was bitten by a black snake. They were very glad because she will bring him up on a .coming back to the village, after having heen BOWLING : Rea Mea, 1 for 56 ; Toka Gaudi, 0 for new place. So he went back to his home : four days at the river, when Gaibu Gabe was 0 ; Xohu Dogodo, 2 for l1 ; Hitolo Hekure, 3 for 30 ; with the bird. bitten. It was in the afternoon when the Willie Gavera, 0 for 15 ; Peter Taurino. 1 for 22 ; snake bit him, and he lived until the followi~~gHeni Heni, 1 for 20; Hila Tutuhi, 2 for 18; and One day he gathered all his people in front Heni Puka, 0 for 11. of his house and he said to them, We must morrting, dying ,the,,!~ack :Q the village. $. . , not go away because we all go up to-day one On the 17th Octohcjr, a boy named Silva PORT MORESBY (IST INNINGS). Heni Heni, c. Maeeppa, b. Situ Solomon ... 41 by one with the hornhill. They tied a piece .Gavera, went with his grandmother, Helai Boe Gavera, b. Sikini ...... 0 of string on the bornhill's feet, One man Silva, to Bomana in Mr. Evans's car. This Hila Tutuhi, b. Popoka ...... 24 rode and then she flew and flew, hut she could boy 'u~asthe last son of Gavera Arua and Peter Taurino, b, Popoka ...... 0 not lift this man because the man was so Eileen Silva. He was bitten by a red-bellied Kohu Dogodo, c. Mahiti, b. Situ Solomon ... 163 Rea Mea, c. Mahiti, b. Situ Solomon ... 146 heavy. And they untied the string and the black snake as he was coming from the Hitolo Hekure, b. Tom English ...... 36 bird flew away. The same man tried again s nitary house. Mrs. Evans treated him at HeagiGavera, b.Seibai ...... 46 another way. d! d! ce, cutting tlle place where he was bitten Heni Puka, b. Seibai ...... 0 and rubbing in Pot. Permang. tablets, after Willie Oavera, c. Popoka, b. Seibai ...... 26 One Day with His Dog. which he Was brought to the village in a motor Toka Gaudi, not out ...... 0 He went with his dog in the hush to look Sundries ... 59 car. The poor boy died the next morning at ...... for wild animals. His dog found a wallaby Taora, and ran after h~m,hut that wallaby was The Papuans still do not understand how different from these wallabies now. It had BowLmo : Bikini, 1 for 32 ; Paul, 0 for 59 ; Seibai, a white colour all round its body and two to trettt the bites of poisonous snakes, and that 3 for 33 ; Popoka, 2 for 130 ; Heari, 0 for 4 ; Tom is why so many people die from snake-bites. English, 1 for 40 ; Mahiti, 0 for 25 ; Situ kjolomon, 3 wings. The dog still ran after him and the It would be good if the natives learnt how to for 125 ; Michael, 0 for 3 ; and Toronino, 0 for 26. man ran too until it brought them very far .treat these hites, for this knowledge would SAMARAI (~NDINNINGS). from their village. :stop a lot of these deaths. Sikini, c. Willie Gavera, b. Hila Tutuhi ... 28 The wallaby knew the way to come up. Heari, I. b. W., b. Rea Mea ...... 5 There was a hole, and she brought them "Lakatoi" goes West to get Sago. Seibai, c. Heagi Gavera, b. Heni Puka ... 5 Situ Solomon, b. Kohu Dogodo ...... 6 through that hole. The man did not kill the Last month I sa~dthat no Eakatoz was John Guise, c. Heagi Gavera, b. Heni Puka ... 1 wallaby because she got lost in front of him mak~ngthe tr~pto the-westto get sago. This Paul Sigamata, c. Rea Mea, b. Heni Puka ... 28 and he did not see it again. At that time he was incorrect, for one was built after I sent hfaeeppa Bicca, c. Peter Taurino, h. Heni Heni 51 was surprised because of two reasons ; one is my news to The Papuan Vzllager Popoka, c. Heni Heni, b. Ren Mea ...... 27 Tom English, 1.b.w.. b. Rea Mea ...... 0 he did not see again the wallaby, second is he Tb~slakatot left on her journey on Friday Mahiti, c. Hitolo Hekure, b. Rea Mea ... 4 saw the new place and the great light from mornlng, the 3rd Instant. The captains of Gaileko, not out ...... 0 heaven. thls Eakatoz ar6 Laloaro ken^, who is Bndz- Sundries ...... 10 He srtt down andztwasthinking about that iauna, and Vaieke Ego. Junior, who is Don- 165 wallaby. He said, She is not a proper wal- tauna. laby hut a spirit. The spirit showed me the BOWLING : Hitolo Hekure, 0 for 32 ; Toka Gaudi, way now." Many of the people thought the lakatoi 0 for 2 ; Rea Mea, 4 for 36 ; Hila Tutuhi, 1 for 7 ; should not make the trip, because they said Kohu Dogodo, 1 for l4 ; Heni Puka, 3 for 22 ; Peter His heart was full of joys because no one the south-east wind (Laurabada) is now fin- Taurino, 0 for 12 ; Willie Gavera, 0 for 12 ; and found the way first until he found it. So he ished; hut the other people said the south-east Heni Heni, 1 for 16. went hack to the home and told his people wind was not finished yet, and that it would Fanball. about how he found the way. be good to wait until it started to blow again. After the Cricket Match was finished the The next day he led the people through that On the 2nd and 3rd instant, a strong south- Samarai and Port Moreshy teams played a hole, and the people were very glad because east wind commenced to blow, so the lakatoi game of Football. The match took place on they saw the new place and the great light 88 THE PAPUAN VILLAGER NOVEMBER, 193j -- -p .----p--p ..pp- - froln healren. .it that time each one of them Viliva sliall look after you. She will give you On Wednesday, 23rd AugusL, before break- danced because their hearts were full of jo3-s. ererything you want. TVe'll be coming back fast, all the people of t~orillages were And in that dance tbey sang a hpnrn. The in two or three weeks time." ga$hered at the barrack. Tho doctor saw hynln is this :- so lle told the boys to lloist the sail, and tllern all, and those who wanted medicine he sent to me, and " lVe al\~ayslived i~ithe darkness they sailed away to the place called Rina Pass. I after them: When Tl'e could noL see big light like that, when tile)- arrived, liele sent boys to ".e llad finished, \~-ehad to wait for the Rut now we see a great light. stand on the net, to see if they could see a ma6i~'~~dteto finish his work, for he had Tl'e always live licrc until \re die." tort,oise about tlle sea. As soon as the>- went things to do in tllis place ; then we to the StatknatMa~a- ~h~i~(lance was finishec] allc~ lllacje one:oj theni saw a tol.toise, t~ndshouted.t.o w'3t'on yonng put the sail dowil, and put the net in the sea. mO'\'a, sle~lL''lere. - (or tent). ~ft~~~~~-a~solIlt: men have their journey to look for tiew places &le sent one boy down with the first encl Next morning^ the Council1ors from the and huild their houses on good places. Thcp of ;he 11eL: from another 20 yards he sent Yilla~esbrought tileir. people to the Station. stayed there but some people went all over another hoy, and so on till the end,. . The~e~jwe1.eInany pble present, and the Pal)ila Some \vent forwards in the inlalla. rlnctm~loqkedat Gem211 and chose the sick \Vlli.n they had finished pulting the net i,n and sent went &long"le coast ; therefore "-'see ones to me at the l,amack, the sea, the canoe boys took sticks and 111t rrhere 1 gave tllern injections, many
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