Macdhui In A Fog

THE Islands steamer Macdhui, ap proaching Sydney Heads on the even ing of October 23, had an unenviable ex perience. The whole of the coastline was suddenly enveloped in a thick fog, which blanketed out headlands, lights, and everything.

Captain Rothery immediately took his vessel several miles out to sea where he made soundings and blew his fog-horn continuously. He crept slowly nearer to the coast, noticed a light on a headland and crept in closer, only to discover that he was at a point south of Bondi, and several miles south of the Heads. He immediately went to sea again; and at about 9.30 p.m. the fog began to lift and the steamer got through the Heads safely about 10 o’clock.

Some of the newspapers the following day announced sensationally that the Macdhui was almost on the rocks at Tamarama Bay (South Bondi); but Cap tain Rothery replied with a flat announce ment that the ship was never in danger.

Mr. Harry G. Nolan, well-known medi cal assistant in New Guinea, died at Edie Creek in October. Born in Tasmania in 1896, he went to N. Guinea with the Mili tary’ Forces in 1918, and was later trans ferred to the Public Health Department of the Civil Administration. In 1927 he resigned, and for a time owned a hotel in Tasmania. Early in 1933, he returned to the Territory and was medical assis tant at Pondo estate. Subsequently he rejoined the Administration, and in July last was granted leave to take charge of the medical department of New Guinea Goldfields Etd., at Edie Creek, where he died on October 5.