On The Road To Kokopo

Right: A car on the Rabaul-Ko kopo Road, New Guinea. This short trip along a typical Is lands palm-fringed thoroughfare is seldom missed by tourists vis iting the Territory. The travel ler can obtain fine snapshots featuring native scenes, villages, plantations, and tropical vegeta tion. The road and villages, however, were seriously damag ed in the eruption.

Left: The Blue Lagoon—one of the many delightful spots along the Kokopo Road, as it was be fore the eruption. The visitor secs fascinating panoramic vis tas of Blanche Bay, Rabaul, Mt.

Mother and Matupi Crater. A call is generally made at the Vunapope Mission, headquarters of the famous Sacred Heart missionary order.