The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09
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LANDS ran SOI TH COLONI.
Here On = Lens Trip mat HAS Ine'usied
England and Australia Vas In the
British service in the sSuth seas
islands where There o No summer.

islands where There u No summer
Twenty five years m the south Sea
Islands and ak years on the border %
the Antarctic are enough Ia iill = person
With a desire tn see something ~ the rest
~ the world and that j. possibly one reason
whv W. l.. Allardyce. his Britannia Males
tvs Governor 81 the Falkland Islands.
h making a tour ~ the world.
Gov and Mrs AllardyCe arrived At
the Savoy On Thurrday on their way
Co. England and sAil.Nd Yesterday on the
Celtic They have beer Journeying about
leisurely since the beginning Of the year
and expect to return to the falklands
coon after reaching England
The Governor and Mrs Allardyce
enjoy the distinction Of having had a
trIlohite named after them. IL ~ called
the Diaphosastonia Allardycea The die
tionary explains a trilobite a. IAN extinct
marine arthropod- and some more, hut the
encyclopedia is kinder and informs the
untutored that II was crabiike animal
Of the Paleozoic era. Neither the Gov
ernor nor Mrs. Allardyce PROCESSES to be
more than an amateur Reologisi. but the
discovery II two trilobites in the Falk
lands took place in this way
When after serving a acting Governor
Of the FIJI Islands Gov Allardyce went to
take charge of the Falklands he found
there was little TO amuse the folk who
live there 50 he started a mus cum and
encouraged the people u bring To II
whatever they could find in the way
81 curiosities. lie had read that when
Darwin paid a visit to the islands in the
'tns the scientists had reported that he
had discovered traces II trilobites there.
hut successive searchers had not found
any 81 the shells not even the swedish
Magellan expedition. which paid . special
visit to the Falklands "a look for such
Some Of the islanders themselves finally
found the two shells mentioned and bore
them 10 the museum and scientists pro
bounced them the real thing IN the way ot
trilobites.
Prom 1879 when he first went out to
the south Seas as a junior clerk until
1914 Gov. Allardyca spent most ~ his
time in the various islands in the Pacific.
notably in Samoa. Tonga and the Fiji,.
I first went to the Fills whom King
rhlkomhar was alive said Gov Altar
dycc Yesterday He was tho Original
King ~ thu CannIhal isles who has been
sung about. Thakomhar was a tall man
with a blE white beard and his hands
we're 50 bag thar II you put on" Of yours
IN his IL would disappear. He always
wor" the native garh. somewhat modified
for n insisted upon TIA" white shirt Of
Situation and a nerktie which first he
v-,r.. tucked into a kilt Of native cloth.
HE legs wee bare. He also wore a head.
Dress ~ some kind II whit. or smoked
us'ive cloth
'Thakomhar always insisted upon the
Observance Of m" outward forms Of re-
= ect A. rule the native FijianShnfs
h.s headdress whom h" comes into IN,
.~sence of n higher chief. hut this vac
rot enough for Thakomhar Tn" man
$40 met the King on the road had 70 sit
AVN in the road and clap his hands or
s7'it" his thighs and shout Woh Woh"
Tho missionaries thought the Fijians
-sre civilized in that early day. and the
natives had nominally accepted Christi
snity. hut As late az 1894 they were not
, 3 to all the forms Of Christianity and
civilization. for they were still eating one
arother In that year. however. Il was
s.npp~d bv force
'1hsTc had boon an outbreak IN the
interior. ! was native minister ~ tho
time. and with tn" Governor. soua ODO
na tive alli~s and a few hundred Of our own
men wen IN ard called upon tho Capnihals
20 give up those OF their numh..- who had
not long hefore eaten two native mis-
scenarios
To our amaZcm"nt the leaders roplied
that z 40 did not 20 away thcv would
pat The Governor and myself m tho oven
also We tired to call thHm TO reason
bat thry could not entertain our true
envoys Finally "" had 10 attack Them
We cPp'ur. Son'" 7up ~ them IN tn fight
end thu licking thHy got taught 'hsm Ns
meant Shat va -aid and ,h"gc has been
-: more man "1ting sinC" th'n.
'So, YOU io not often h0ar tales ~ man
eNtin: IN Tho old iim"s Tn" reason -
that III average old native chef who
could tell q lot - usually too much ~
gentleman 70 CIV" any particulars Of
somarhing h" - ashamed Of Whom /
vent tho there w"rr frequent small
vars N III" interiors just h"for" | got
there thor" vas nns ~ thasa wars which
lsstod year, and IN" PEOPLE had no hnSi-
'a'ton about eating the encm; - thcy took
bat 7 navcr hoard ~ them eating whit"
mon during h" time I was IN tiIn islands
In the eFrlv SOS there were not more
fhgn .5OO white men IN ~ The islands
They were mostly Anglo ~ Nons. some
being AmertCa1s Most II them were in
huS nsss. but some were plH nteru end
'hev used - GET on the soft side 81 some
chef FHd aS long a. they were under his
protection all went well With them When
! went there the tale wEs st,ll fresh %
'he crew ~ rho Ams BE josephine q
French vessel which went ashore On the
isRrds Ps fFr back &c 1881 The ship
went 20 pieces and the capis IN aud the
crew went into the pots or ovens The
anchor e the Anna lie Jose phIne ~ still
- he seen N the naive capitrl Mbau
The white population " the country
- now over 900 In addition some
so .DOo Fast lndis1G have been imported
into tho country from Bengal to work
IN" sugsr plantations The sugar in
dustry has grown 50 that the expectation
"a now PpproNimatsl vi. OOo tons
We try ~ preserve the communal
system u govern rnent among them as
FAR a. possible The people ere ruled
Nv their chiefs the something like o. nOO
Fiians having several dozen head chiefs.
and theae have many petty ones under
them The heads ~ provinces ara paid
salaries ranging from 81 .OOO a year down
ward These chefa have not the power
~ life and death There are native courts
and mixed courts presided over Nv
Furopesn and stipendlary Ma gistrates
and then comes the supreme Court
One ~ the funniest experiences
figured in in the early days was AZ the
: me 81 the troubles in Samoa 4 British !
man OF war he'd called IN AZ the FiJis IN
her wPy 90 Apia and her captain came
~ me N much distress ~ mind He said
N mo tpDn nv soul. | don Z know a
hing about Samoa and what 10 gong
N there Won't you please give me