The Useful Teleradio
p. 36 · Read in the full issue
LIFE in the islands of New Guinea has changed considerably since the in troduction of Teleradio by Amalgamated Wireless, said Mr. W. M. Middleton, owner of Kulili Plantation, on Kar Kar Island, in the Madang district of New Guinea, when he arrived in Sydney recently.
There are now between 8,000 and 9 000 natives, and 10 whites, on Kar Kar. For merly, the normal means of communi cation with Madang was by launch, the mails from Madang to Australia closing every three weeks. Now, by means of Teleradio, settlers can, at any time, com municate with Madang, and thus with Australia and the outside world. In case of sickness, Teleradio is used as a means of obtaining medical advice from the doc tor at Madang.
Mr. A. V. Murphy, of Burns Philp and Co. Ltd., Faisi, returned to the Solomon Islands by the last “Malaita”, after spending leave in Australia.
Mr. G. B. Gallagher, of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony Service, recently was appointed to act as Officer in Charge of the Phoenix Islands settlement scheme.