The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 June 1947Vol. XVII, No. 11

Old Salamaua-Lae

p. 11 · Read in the full issue

Photograph

rE photograph of Salamaua-Lae resi dents of 1932, which was published in the April issue of the “PIM.” has caused general interest. A list of names sent in by Mr. B. E. Weston, formerly of Salamaua, now of Wollongong, NSW differs in some respects from that com piled by other Territorial and published with the photograph.

As a matter of interest, we publish Mr.

Westons lift hereunder. Where his list differs from the original list we have placed the name in the original list in parenthesis:— ON PLANE: W. Wiltshire, "Doc” Davies (un known), Tom Garrard. Norm. Weston, Shirley Weston, Alf. Sharp, Ossie Priebe, Ted. Priebe STANDING: W. Mitchell. Gordon Russell, Jack Perrier (R. Gurney), Stan. Clark, Mick Free man, (No. 6 unknown), A. W, D. Mullins, E. O.

Johnson (T. Collins), Harry Johns, Eric Feldt, Bert Warren (D. Boyd), lan Grabowsky, Bert Heath, Ted. Knight, (15 and 16 unknown), J Gethmg, Bert Weston (with hat) (N. Johnson), C. Gatenby, J. Alllngham (unknown), F. Mit chell. W. Ferguson, W. Robertson, Sid. Marshal L. Stewart, R. Martin.

SITTING: F. Huthnance, (unknown), W.

Cameron, N. Spence, Sid. Mason, J. Bassett, Don. Wallace, E. Haynes. R. Fell, R. Allen.

“Dad” Davidson (G. R. Simpson).

Mr. I. L. Hunt was a passenger on the flying-boat “Coriolanus” which left Bris bane for Suva on May 21.

Mr. Claude Barnes, who has been attached to External Territories in Can berra for several years, has now been transferred to Brisbane, where he is en gaged with the Property and Survey sec tion of the Department of the Interior.

Sister Helen Roberts is a nursing recruit to the Anglican Mission of Papua. At present she is finishing her training in Brisbane, having finished a course of anthropology and tropical medicine at Sydney University. She has also learnt the Wedau language in preparation for her work in Papua.