The Rabaul record

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Nq 940.394098 RAB
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Rabaul : Govt. Printer, 1916-[1918]
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Vol. 3, no. 4 (1st April 1918)
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Transmitted through post as  

Newspaper.  

Obtainable at all Post OlTlees through-  

?ut the Colony.  

THE RABAUL RECORD  

i.  

Published Monthly  

Vol. lII.?No. 4. RABAUL, APRIL, 1918. Price, 6d.  

The Late 2nd Lieut. F, J. Miller.  

AN February 16th the late 2nd Lieut. F. J.  

Miller was buried with military honors  

in Rabaul Cemetery. The cortege, headed by  

the Garin. Band, consisted of representatives  

of both arms of the Service, with sprinkling  

of residents of Rabaul and adjacent districts,  

by whom the deceased gentleman was well  

known and highly esteemed. An impressive  

service at the graveside was conducted by  

Chaplain the Rev. C. H. Massey. The coffin,  

covered with the Union Jack and large  

number of floral tributes from his brother  

officers, the N.C.O.?s, Garrison troops and  

civilians, was gently lowered, the troops  

coming to the present, the firing party fired  

three volleys in the air, and the buglers  

sounded the Last Post. Born in 1880, of  

old English stock, he arrived in Australia at  

very early age. Was educated at C. of  

E. Grammar School, Sydney. On leaving  

school took up accountancy as profession.  

In 1910 accepted position of accountant with  

H.S.A G. of Rabaul, which position he held  

until 1915, when he was appointed manager  

of the Company?s plantations at the Fead  

Islands. In 1916 he returned to Rabaul and  

joined up with the Tropical Force, being  

appointed 2nd Lieut and detailed as assist-  

ant in the Lands Office, where his local  

knowledge proved of great assistance to the  

Administration. When death overtook him  

he was engaged in the Audit Department,  

In his younger days was fine all-round  

athlete, notable performance being 100  

yds. in 10*/5 sec.; also carried off various  

trophies in grade tennis. Uumarried, is  

survived by two sisters?Mrs. H. Begbie, of  

Sydney, and Miss K. Miller, who has attained  

world-wide renown through her missionary  

work in German East Africa. t. r. e.  

Factor of Humidity.  

tpHE humidity of the atmosphere of German  

New Guinea can be best understood  

when it is stated that the underside of the  

leaves of various plants are covered with  

moss, as are also the shaded portions of  

gigantic trees and the concrete supports of  

water tanks. It is no uncommon sight to  

find dainty maiden-hair fern growing around  

the piers. Seventy deg. F. (wet bulb) is gene-  

rally considered the limit of comfort for our  

race. This means that when the average  

wet bulb remains about 70 deg. F. day after  

day for long period conditions are not  

favourable for Europeans. An open-air,  

active life has little to fear, but strenuous  

field labour, sedentary indoor life, especially  

domestic work and the care of young chil-  

dren, cannot be carried out under favourable  

circumstances for any length of time with con-  

tinuous high wet-bulb conditions of this order.  

Probably one or two disagreeable months in  

the year have no particular effect on the  

well-being of the settler, but when the  

average wet bulb temperature for the whole  

twelve months approximates over 70 deg.,  

as it does in German New Guinea, the  

effect is very enervating. Many of us have  

anathematised those oppressive days in  

February which are so disagreeable feature  

of the Australian coast.* Yet Sydney has  

but one mopth approaching an averagfe of  

70 deg. wet bulb, Brisbane two months,  

Mackay six months, Cairns ten months,  

and Thursday Island the whole year  

round. Another factor comes in which  

luckily greatly ameliorates conditions on the  

New Guinea coast. Here blow the steadiest  

onshore winds in the world?the south-east  

trades. high wet bulb if accompanied by  

fresh breeze is robbed its terrors.-n.w.n,  

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