Lae Bids Farewell To

Pilot Wiltshire

From a Special Correspondent.

LAE (N.G.), June 9.

THURSDAY, June 6, was a gala day for Lae. In the evening practically all Guinea Airways employees and their wives assembled at the Hotel Cecil to bid farewell to Mr. “Bill” Wiltshire, one of New Guinea’s best known pilots, who is leaving the Territory shortly to return to England, after spending some years in New Guinea.

Mr. Wiltshire is so well-known person ally or by repute in the Territory that it is needless to enumerate his many good qualities and the sterling service he has rendered to residents on the goldfields.

It was with great regret that practically the whole of the Lae population said fare well to him. However, the actual process of saying farewell was most enjoyable and everyone had a really pleasant night.

The evening was spent very pleasantly and everyone enjoyed the dancing, but the tit bit came when Mr. Wiltshire was presented with a puk puk (crocodile) as a memento of New Guinea.

The ladies excelled themselves in providing the good things for supper, and Mrs. Chater, in mauve satin, was here, there and everywhere.

Mrs. Ross, in flowered morocain, was noticed, as was also Mrs. Gething, in royal blue sand crepe.

Others present were Mrs. Baldie, in tomato red lace, Mrs. Johnson, in blue organdi, Mrs. Priebe, in figured morocain with cowl neck, Mrs. Bal four, in pink organdi, Mrs. Martin, in flowered pique voile, Mrs. Gurney, in black satin, Miss Sewell, looking very nice in a cream net frock, Mrs Phillips, in flowered pique voile, Mrs. Col lins, in black velvet with fur trimmings, Mrs.

Eekhoff, in pink flowered voile, Mrs. Edwards, in a frock of black lace and Mrs. Conwell looked perfect in a frock of pink satin trimmed with silver lame.