New Pacific Air Service
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Mr. J. C. K. Marshall, formerly of the Malayan Forestry Service, has been appointed Conservator of Forests, Fiji, in succession to Mr. G. K. Setten, who has
been acting in that capacity for some time. Mr. Setten has been transferred to Malaya and will leave the Colony about September.
Three American Skymasters recently landed in Brisbane to take 63 Aus tralians (51 men and 12 women) to work at the US Army Air Force base at Guam. It is said that they went happily —glad to get away from overtaxed, strike torn Australia. But Canberra got its re venge. It would not give them passports —only a “permit” to be absent from the country for six months!
This photograph was taken at Laucala Bay, Suva, Fiji, on July 3, when Trans-Ocean Airways’ flying-boat “Australis” visited Fiji for the first time. Trans-Ocean Airways plan an irregular chartered run from Sydney to Hong Kong, via Fiji. They also undertake chartered trips anywhere else in the Pacific. The “Australis” carries 14 passengers in comfort, and six tons of freight.
The photograph shows a number of Suva citizens to whom Trans-Ocean Airways gave a complimentary flight over the town. —Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office.