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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 October 1938Vol. IX, No. 3

New Guinea Air Services

p. 16 · Read in the full issue

ANEW air service has been inaugurated by W.R.C. Airlines in New Guinea, between Salamaua, Madang and We wak, which connects with the Australia- New Guinea service. The machine being used is a two-engined Dragon. The plane leaves Salamaua on Wednesday afternoon and proceeds to Wau, where it stops overnight, leaving in the morning of

Thursday and arrives at Madang at 8.50 a.m.; it continues on to Wewak if suf ficient inducement offers, and arrives ~,ack Salamaua at 9.30 a.m, on the Friday, It is reported that W.R.C. Airlines proposes to station a Dragon plane at Rabaul for inter-island services which will include Kavieng, Buka. Kieta and other ports when suitable landing grounds have been established.