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Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 June 1939Vol. IX, No. 11

Fan American Airways Station

p. 35 · Read in the full issue

at Noumea

The Pan American Airways party of six, led by Mr. A. L. Lewis, bound for

Noumea, New Caledonia, t o establish a P.A.A. station there, ar rived in Sydney by the “Mariposa” on May 15 and went on by the French steamer a few days later.

Their names are A. L. Lewis.

George Atherton.

S. M. Filipovich, Peter Fisher, H. E.

Jibinville and James J. Cush man. The arrival of this party con firmed the

“P.1.M.” statement of January and Feb ruary, that a P.A.A. base was to be con structed at Noumea, upon which douots had been cast by other newspapers. It is now suggested that the P.A.A. air liners will fly from Noumea to Auckland, and not to Australia. The “P.1.M.” holds still to the opinion that they will fly to Australia, and not to New Zealand.

Mr. A. L. Lewis.