Mr. Ward Williams

TIDINGS of our friend, Ward Williams, lately gold-prospector and explorer in Papua, are contained in a letter re ceived by the editor from Mr. George Dromgold, of California, “Our mutual friend, Ward, is at pre sent in a remote spot among the moun tains of Nicaragua”, says Mr. Dromgold.

“He has a man-sized job on his hands —that of flying a complete mining town into the interior—a similar set-up to the famous mining-town flying in the Man dated Territory of New Guinea. Ward has the same problems, I imagine. It is a frightfully expensive show, and will re quire time to complete even the prelim inary work leading up to the actual move-in by the big transport ’plane. I think you will agree that they have pick ed the right man to handle the job”.

Monsieur A. Jocteur is acting as postal clerk at Vila, New Hebrides,, during the absence on furlough of Mr.

G. Seagoe.

Mr. W. E. Ryall, director of Nelson and Robertson Pty., Ltd., Islands mer chants, of Sydney, returned to Australia early in April after a business visit to Papua and New Guinea.

Messrs. J. and E. Cox, L. V. Osborn, and R. C. Langford, members of the Suva Yacht Club who were in New Zealand in March, accepted a challenge from the Ponsonby Cruising Club, Auckland, to race in 14-footers. Great was the joy in Fiji when the Suva-ites were suc cessful