Calf Born In 'Plane

Guinea airways ltd., who have made aviation history in the trans portation of tremendous loads of dredg ing material, etc., for use on the Morobe goldfields of New Guinea, are called upon to carry many strange items under the heading of “freight.” Since the inception of the aerial service in 1931, many ani mals, including horses, cows, and donkey have been transported to Wau and other centres by air.

The Vacuum Oil Co. now advise that, according to a report published recently in Rabaul, a unique event occurred when a calf was bom during the transportation of a cow from Lae to Wau,

Mrs. A. Thomas, of the Methodist Mis sion’s hostel at Suva, sailed from Mel bourne, where she had been on a holiday, for Fiji by the June Monterey.

Mrs. Gordon Thomas, wife of the editor of the “Rabaul Times,” arrived in Aus tralia from New Guinea by the Montoro in June.

Sister Walker arrived in Western Samoa by the Maui Pomare at the end of June to take up duties at the Govern ment Hospital, Apia.