New Launch for Papuan
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Administration
A NEW patrol launch manned by 3 A white officers and 6 Papuans left Sydney for Pt. Moresby, Papua, on July 7. The vessel has been built by Mor rison and Sinclair Pty. Ltd., Sydney, to the order of the Papuan Administration.
Named the “Panawina”, she has a length of 55 ft. and a fuel capacity for five weeks’ cruising. She is fitted with a 55 h.p. Ruston-Hornsby engine and provis ion has been mode for '•oil power.
Mrs. A. Herbert, mother of Mrs. Leonard Murray, of Port Moresby, arrived in Papua by the “Macdhui” on June 29.