How Santa Claus Came
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To New Guinea
From Our Own Corx-espondent WAU, Jan. 12 TT was no use telling the children of Wau, New Guinea, that Santa Claus would travel by reindeer sled and come down the chimney. There are no chim neys here; and the chief means of trans port is aviation.
Santa Claus arrives on Wau Aerodrome.
The parents of Wau were worried.
They wished to discharge their filial ob ligations, but they did not want to risk a juvenile “raspberry.”
But all went well in the end. Santa Claus, in a gorgeous red robe and a most impressive beard, arrived in a Stinson aeroplane.
A great throng of Wau youngsters as sembled on the aerodrome, and greeted him with joyous shouts. They followed him as though he were the Pied Piper to the Wau Club, where a tinsel adorned Christmas Tree rose to the roof, heavy with toys, presents and school prizes— for the Xmas Tree was arranged by the Wau School Committee, The kiddies drank to their good fortune and many happy returns of Santa in numerous bottles of “pop.”
The School Committee must have been amply repaid for their kindly efforts by the smiling faces of the children.