"Sempill Here!”

An Unexpected Visitor

LORD SEMPILL, flying solo from Somerset, on the Queensland coast,, landed at the Kila-Kila aerodrome, Port Moresby, at about 2.30 p.m. on December 15, and took off again for Wau early on the following morning.

Although his arrival was expected, it was not anticipated that he would strike the coast to the east of Port Moresby and land quietly at Kila-Kila without flying over the town; and more than one of Port Moresby’s commercial executives got rather badly tangled.

One well-known gentleman was sitting at his desk, wondering whether tropical life was really worth living, when the telephone rang.

B.D. (lifting the receiver): “Hullo!”

Distant Voice: “Is that Blank and Company?”

B.D.; “Yes. B.D. speaking.”

D.V.: “Are you the manager?”

B.D. (suspecting a leg-pull); “Who the h— do you think I am?”

D.V.: “Sorry! Sempill here.”

B.D. (now sure of it); “Oh, go to hell!”' Adequate apologies were made later.

Lord Sempill left for Wau (New Guinea) early on December 15, accom panied by Pilot Denny in a Guinea Air ways Fox Moth, and returned to Port Moresby on December 18, continuing his flight to Australia early the following morning (December 19th). His intention was to make Cairns or Townsville tho same day. A small letter mail for Aus tralia was despatched by the ’plane.

Lord Sempill dined with the Lieut.- Governor (Sir Hubert Murray) at Gov ernment House, on the evening of his arrival.