very end over who should control the Agriculture Bank - himself or the Minister of Finance. He lost that fight, as he also lost his last fight, against cancer. It was in the nature of the man, though, to fight at all times, for power and for his people. He will be greatly missed. Example of Formula B: Let us take as an example of this category of obit a person whose name is John Vagi; his identity is that he used to be the principal of Port Moresby Administrative College; the cause of death was a stroke; the place of death was his home in Korobosea; his home village was Bereina; and his age was 57. In this case, our obituary would start as follows: Death of a pioneer Mr John Vagi, former principal of Port Moresby Administrative College, died yesterday from a stroke at his Boroko home. Mr Vagi, from Bereina in Central Province, was 57. He was the first Papua New Guinean to be appointed as principal of a training college ... etc. After giving the rest of the story of Mr Vagi's life - giving the newsworthy parts in detail and skipping over the less interesting and less unusual bits - our obituary should end this way: Mr Vagi is survived by a widow, Pauline; by three sons, Peter, Paul and Damian; by one daughter, Mrs Rose Kulau; and by five grandchildren. The funeral service will be at 9am on Thursday at St Joseph's, Boroko. The