Radio Officer's Loss
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THE residence of Mr. C. C. Beckett, officer in charge of the radio station at Lae, New Guinea, was completely destroyed by fire in February, and Mr. and Mrs. Beckett lost all their furniture and personal possessions. The building was an ex-Army construction, of wood, lined with sisalkraft, and it burned so swiftly that Mrs. Beckett, who was in her room at the time, had her hair singed as she dashed outside.
Mr. and Mrs. Beckett have been in Sydney on leave, and they will return to Lae at the end of the month.
Mr. Leslie Ferris arrived in Sydney from New Guinea at the beginning of March, and was married to Miss Nola Hobden, of Erighton-le-Sands, at St.
Marks Church, Sydney, on March 10 They will make their home in New Guinea.