From Our Papuan Correspondent

Port Moresby, April 8.

THE new Fokker monoplane, which arrived from Holland recently for the Pacific Aerial Transport Co., crashed at Salamoa. New Guinea, on March 18. and is reported to be a total wreck.

The plane was being piloted by Mr.

Ray Parer, one of the pioneers of flying on the goldfields, and was carrying passengers and cargo between Salamoa and Wau. Fortunately, the occupants escaped with only slight injuries.

The Fokker was originally brought from Batavia to Port Moresby by the Le Maire, and was assembled here a short while ago by Mr. Parer.

The crash will prove a severe setback to the Pacific Aerial Transport Co. This organisation had been using a Junker plane until the arrival of the Fokker. The company is a local one and was only formed a few months ago.