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Service Officer of ahout 15 years service who should he moved after foxir or five years, Vaskess has held post for
17 years which is much too long.
h' I shall he grateful for your comments.
Governor,
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Dear Mrs, 7/atson,
Western Pacific High Commission,
Suva, Fiji, l8th Octoher,
I am writing to enlist your assistance in investig ating the question of the payment for a ton of flour which I
"brought to Pitcairn Island by the s.s. "J. Sterling Morton" in
January, as a present from myself to the Pitcairn
community.
Apparently the shippers of.the flour, Messrs. Bxirns, Philp and Company,- Limited, of Wellington, included their
accoimt for it in their general account for goods forwarded to
the islanders and I am a bit worried lest the com^'unity should
have inadvertently paid for it v/hen ref-unding the cost of theother items shipped at the same tim.e. The detailed cost of th<
f l o u r was as f o l l o w s : -
i+O X 50s flour at £18. i7s. 6d. per ton =
10 sack covers at i s . 3d. each ~ =
Levy on flour • - • =
making a total of £19. lOs. 1 d.
£1 8. 17.
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6.
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Should the islanders'have, in fact, paid for this
present by mistake, I will ship a further ton at ray ownexpense by the next opportunity in replacement. If, however, they have not done so I v/ill refund the amount due to the High Commission office here, who paid the Company's accotmt long ago
The matter should have been settled by me before this but I
have unfortunately-been away from Suva except for brief periods, Hoping this reaches you before your departure from
the i s l a n d .
Yours sincerely, (Signe d). H.E. Maude.
Mrs. .Una V/atsgn, Pitcairn Island.
Dear Mr.Freeman,
Western Pacific Hi^ CraimiBBion,
Suva, Fiji.
26th June, 19^6.
I was interested to get your letter of the
12th June and looking forward to meeting you on the 26th or 27th and having a talk on the activities of the Peruvian
slavers in the Central Pacific and related topics.
Unfortunately there has been a little spot
of bother (there always is sumewhere in the High Commission
Territories) and as a restilt I have to leave at shortnotice tomorrow by plane on a mission to Kioa and Rabi Islands: and I shall not be back, I*m afraid, until the
afternoon of Saturday the 29th.
It would happen just at the time vshen I wanted to be in Suva but they will tell you here that I never stay
in any one place for long.
However I doubt whether I should have been much use to you as i t is several years since I was dealing with the period of history you ai'e working on, and I
expect that you have long ago traced all the bibliographical
references I could give you.
I shall be very glad to discuss anything by
correspondence that may be of help to you, so don't
hesitate to write. I expect to be in Suva \mtil at least the end of July when I expect to go up to the Gilbert
Islands to live a t Tarawa.
Mr.Gibbings had the next room to me at the G.P.H. last month and I formed a great liking for him. I invited him up to live with m in the Gilberts but don't know if he can manage it.<3nyway why don't you come, and
do BomCflrst-hand work up there before going to England.
J.D.Freeman, Esq.,
Suva.
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Still hoping to see you before long.
Yours sincerely.
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Dear I.ir Llaude,
Bai rilci, Tarav/a.
26tia JmiG, 1946.
A fexi days ago l.Ir Weniliam Icindly sent me a copy of a minute of yours to Pon Vaslcess aDoiit Colony pronaganda in uliicli reference to "Tero" was made." With tliis in mind, and vrnth some vague hope that the issue \7ill
meet with your approval, I am sending you a copy of July "Tero" v/hich may help to convince HE that we are capable of producing a moderately good
•naper if v/e have the staff and the time. Actually this issue has taicen
•uro Ratieta, Bauro Tilcana, Tione and one new cleric plus 2TC7"self a good
n days to produce and even then v/e had to cut out other items which v/ould have made it an eight page issue. Ratieta has of course been of inestimable
assistance and he thinlcs the issue should meet v/itn Iceen appreciation,
fol.'-owing which advice 1 aslced I.Ir li/ernham if I could print 150 extra ^ropies Ad sell^them at 2d each; so far without any advertisement v/e have sold
" copies on Bairilci and we have no doubt that the remainder v/ill be snapped
uii as S0on as we let the people of Ta.raA/a ocnow thab hiey are for sale.
Even nov/ with 40 odd co ;ies sold I estimate that we have just about paid
for the extra paper used so I recicon- it a sound proposition. Abouo uebail, I should be personally glad for your opinions on the "leader" - Utu n Aba ailca Ira.orao, the poem "Raou te ITang" and "te Rae'oara", tne la.sb t\/o being ray ov/n efforts (though in extenuation I plead that Ratieta chose the poem
from among a selection of 50 odd submitted, by Ernest I.Iilne) ^ and cne first an effort^in conforrmLty with instructions from lingland on publicity. _ As
Ir Macdonald is now in Suva I thought he may like to see a copy and it iuld be appreciated if you v/ould hand one to him.
j'ext month's issue is still a doubtful entity as I an leaving for