Airman’S Engagement.
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AN engagement of interest is that of Miss Ruby Waldon, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. B. Waldon, of Granville, Sydney, to the famous airman, Lieuten ant Ray Parer, of Wau, New Guinea.
Miss Waldon is a distinguished violin ist and won scholarships at the Sydney Conservatorium to the Royal Academy, London, where she graduated L.A.B. She holds the Colony Medal for the violin.
Miss Waldon, who is popular among New Guinea and Papuan residents, was a social hostess on the “Macdhui," where she met Lieutenant Parer.
The rainfall at Rabaul for the month of December was 13.22 inches. This is higher than the average, which for the last 18 years was 9.88 inches.