Pacific Travellers
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TOP.—Left: Pastor G. H. Englebrecht, Super intendent of the S.D.A. Mission, in the New Hebrides, returned to Acre, South Santo, by the September “Pierre Loti”. He came to Sydney to attend the 10 days’ annual council meeting which concluded on September 14. Right: Cap tain L. Pons, commander of the New Hebrides inter-island steamer “Pervanche”, with Mrs.
Pons, sailed from Sydney for Vila, by the last “Pierre Loti”.
SECOND ROW.—Left: Mr. J. A. Davidson, of Islands Exploration Ltd., arrived in Sydney from Papua by the September “Macdhui” en route to Melbourne, Victoria, to receive medi cal treatment for a fractured leg, sustained while on exploration work connected with the search for oil, at the head of the Ply River.
Right: Father Joseph Cantala, S.M., sailed from Sydney by the September “Pierre Loti” for Futuna Island where for some years he has been engaged in work for the Marist Mission, THIRD ROW.—Left: Mr. W. B. Prior, accom panied by Mrs. Prior, sailed from Sydney for Rabaul, New Guinea, by the “Nellore” in mid- September. Mr. Prior, who is an inspector in the N.G. Police Force, spent three months’ leave in Sydney. Right; Mr. R. F. Armstrong, of the New Guinea Public Health Department, sailed from Sydney by the last “Nellore”, for Rabaul. en route to Namatamai, New Ireland, where he is in charge of the Government sta tion. He has spent 16 years in the Mandated Territory.
FOURTH ROW.—Left: Mr. F. A. Lord, plan tation assistant with Koitaki Para Rubber Estates, near Port Moresby, Papua, arrived in Sydney by the “Macdhui” on September 18. He brought a Moth aeroplane with him to fly to Moree, N.S.W., where he will spend a short holiday. Right: Mr, T. Saviane, of Bulowat Gold Syndicate, Bulowat, New Guinea, sailed from Sydney by the “Macdhui” on September 24, after spending several months’ holiday In Sydney.