Two Patrol Vessels For
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THE Commonwealth Government’s new fast vessel “Vigilant” left Sydney on August 21 to take up patrol work in North Australian waters. She is 100 ft. long with a draught of 5 ft. 6 ins., and is equipped with one light gun and a number of machine guns, A second vessel, the “Karu”, underwent speed trials in Sydney Harbour on August 30 and sailed for Dar win a few days later.
The Assistant Minister for the Interior Mr Thompson, said that these two patrol boats and the “Larrakia ”, which has been operating for a year or so. should be able to “dean up” poaching in northern waters, Dr. A. A. Wade and Dr. L. K. Ward, members of the Commonwealth Oil Ad visory Committee, arrived in Port Moresby by the “Macdhui” at the end of August They later went on to Oiapu 75 miles north of Port Moresby, to examine the work being done by Papuan Apinaipi Petroleum Co., Ltd.