Wau Personal Notes

From Our Own Correspondent WAU, Oct. 27.

MR. COL. MACLEAN, Post Master at Wau, has received notice of his trans fer to Kavieng. Mr. Maclean will be greatly missed from Wau where he has been one of the foundation members of the golf club.

Mr. C. K. Norris, and his popular wife, returned from leave by the last Montoro to resume his duties with the District Services. Both are looking extremely well and report having spent a wonderful time “South,”

Mrs. Zimmer, of Sydney, who has been spending a holiday with Mrs. W. E.

Giblin* at Wau, sailed for Sydney by the Montoro. Both on the trip up and down, Mrs. Zimmer renewed old friendships, for shci spent many years in Papua, mainly at Port Moresby and Samarai.

Mrs. W. E. Giblin sailed for Sydney on the last Montoro for a short trip South to meet her two sons and return with them to Wau where they will spend school holidays. Mrs. Giblin was closely connected with Errol Flynn during his sojourn in New Guinea, and has a happy store of anecdotes connected with this now-famous actor. Errol is still in con tact with his New Guinea friends and corresponds with them regularly.

Mr. C. Kennedy-Duffy, of Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd., has returned to the Co.’s Wau branch after 10 months’ leave. Mr.

Kennedy-Duffy was previously at Sala maua and later at Tarawa, Gilbert Is lands.

Dr. and Mrs. N. V. McKenna are at

present in Sydney on leave. Dr SchroedLi' is relieving him, at Wau.

Pilot and Mrs. G. A. Cannon, of Guinea Airways Ltd., have sailed for Sydney on leave, which they intend to spend in touring Australia by car.

Wau residents were sorry to hear that the health of Mr. W. V. Quinn, of Man dated Airlines Ltd., necessitated his leav ing for Sydney on the Montoro. Mrs.

Quinn accompanied him. Mr. and Mrs.

Quinn had just returned from leave spent in touring China and Japan.