Seaplane's Discoveries

In New Hebrides

THE seaplane from the French war sloop Rigault de Genouilly was used freely during an official visit to the New Hebrides in April. The pilots flew over most of the islands, and made some useful observations.

At Santo, especially, the naval airmen flying over the interior noted that the estimate of the heights of the principal peaks were probably 200 metres less than their true height. They also noted that the plain of Jourdain, on Santo, is an attractive region, with a lake in the centre, and possibly is suitable for colonisation.

Mrs. S. G. Jones, who spent four years on Wallis Is., New Hebrides, reached Sydney by the Morinda on June 17.