J. C. Waldron Retires
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For 13 Years Engineer on Papuan Government’s “Laurabada”
Fiom Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, Aug. 15.
11/fR. J. C. WALDRON, the popular and ■L** well-known engineer of the Papuan Governor’s vessel Laurahada, resigned from the service in July. He left the Ter ritory for Australia on July 30.
Mr. Waldron, who has been engineer on the Laurahada for over 13 years, came to Papua 27 years ago. In his capacity as engineer of Government vessels he has had many interesting experiences, and has visited numerous outlying and little known parts of the territory.
In 1922 when in charge of the Nivani conveying Mr. Leo Austin (then Assis tant Resident Magistrate of the Western Division) on his well-known patrol up the Fly River to the Alice and Star Mountains, Mr. Waldron proceeded 50 or more miles up the Fly above D’Albertis Junction, where an island was named in his honour. There the Nivani was forced to anchor, owing to bars and torrential waters, the main stream narrowing to little over 60 yards.
Mr. Waldron’s pleasing personality will be missed along the Papuan coast. His ready humour and fund of anecdotes have for past years entertained many a lonely settler on outlying stations.
Dr. William L. Moss, for many years a member of the Harvard (U.S.A.) medi cal faculty, arrived in Sydney by the Monterey during August. He went on to Canberra to seek permission, as leader of the Crane-Peabody expedition, to enter the territory west of Mt. Hagen in Cen tral New Guinea.