Australian Gov.-General

Official Visit To Territories

THE Governor-General of Australia 1 (Lord Gowrie) left Brisbane on July 18 by H.M.A.S. Australia on a visit to Papua and New Guinea. His itinerary was to be as follows: July 26-29: At Port Moresby. Visits to points of interest in the district, includ ing Mr. T. L. Sefton’s rubber plantation (Koitakinumu). There will be canoe races, native dances and a ball.

July 30 —August 9: Visits to Samarai, Rabaul, Kavieng, etc.

August 10; Arrives Salamaua in H.M.A.S. Swan; flies to Lae as guest of Guinea Airways Ltd.; flies to Bulolo as guest of Bulolo G.D. Ltd.

August 11: Flies over Ramu country, thence to Wau, as guest of N.G. Goldfields Ltd.; thence back to Bulolo.

August 12: Visits various point of in terest on Bulolo goldfield.

August 13: Flies to Salamaua, where he joins H.M.A.S. Australia for Brisbane, Queensland.

Mr. L. V. Waterhouse, a director of Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., left Sydney by the Maetsuycker on July 23, to repre sent his company while Lord Gowrie is the guest of the Bulolo Company in New Guinea.