A Home In The Hills
p. 74 · Read in the full issue
ASSISTED and encouraged by the Papuan Government and leading residents of Papua, the Papuan Division of the Red Cross' Society is establishing a convalescent home in the hills at Rona (25 miles in the interior) for sick members of the Port Moresby garrison. Volunteer women members of the Red Cross, taking up duty for one week in turn, will supervise and manage the convalescent home.
Up to September 6, contributions to the Papuan Red Cross, totalled £737 and to the Papuan War Fund, £5,238.
Latest Fiji gold mining reports, issued September 11, show; —Emperor: Aug./ Sept, production, 3,653 oz. fine gold (including 808 oz. from concentrates), from 10,098 tons ore; Loloma, Aug./Sept. production, 3,361 oz. fine gold from 2,527 tons ore.