Two Ships For Territories
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Ports
MONTORO”. for Port Moresby, Sam arai, Lae and Madang, sailed from Sydney on June 11 with 78 passen gers. Among them was Mr. Dan Leahy, well-known explorer and miner, of the Morobe-Mount Hagen districts, returning to join his brothers after a trip to the USA for eye-treatment. The Madang list included Mr. and Mrs. E. V. O’Brien, Mr. W. M. Middleton and Mr. Jack Sedgers, general manager of the WRC Company, who was accompanied by his wife and family.
“Malalta”, sailing for Port Moresby, Samarai and Rabaul, departed on June 18 with 40 passengers aboard, and Capt.
Bill Wilding as master and Mr. Harry Short as chief steward. Rabaul passen gers included Mrs. Ken McMullen, join ing her husband at Kokopo; Mrs. Gwen Ives and daughter, Patricia, who in pre war days lived in the Namatanai district; Mrs. E. Cruickshank and Mrs. Clara Scott, returning to their planting and trading interests in the British Solomons; Mrs. C. Schuy and two children. Mrs.
Schuy is the wife of the Mission doctor at Vunapone, and spent the Pacific war years as a captive of the Japanese at Vunapope and Ramale camp.