When An Aerodrome Is
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Not An Aerodrome
photograph of the aerodrome at Salamaua, New Guinea, was taken in August, after very heavy rain. The Francisco River overflowed, and the whole region became sodden. Water cov ered the aerodrome, and air-traffic there
was held up for some days. The Admini stration has spent a considerable sum in laying down this aerodrome, and making a metalled runway; but, as this picture shows, it is impossible, owing to the loca tion, to avoid a sodden field and even a flood, in very wet weather. The only way to make an all-weather ’drome at Sala maua would be to straighten the Fran
cisco River, and the cost of that would be enormous. There is a first-class all weather ’drome at Lae, only 18 miles away.
Mr. F. J. MacKenzie has been ap pointed manager of the Rabaul branch of the Commonwealth Bank, succeeding Mr.
Virgil King.