Suva, May 22, 1942!

There Was A Jap Plane Over

From Our Own Correspondent

Suva, Aug. 20.

rLLOWING the recent publication in the New Zealand and Australian press of an interview with a Japanese airman Lieut. Susuma Ito, at Iwakune, Intelligence records kept in Fiji during the war have confirmed the fact that that officer did pilot a reconnaissance

aircraft over Suva on May 22, 1942. The plane, which was attached to Submarine 121, flew over Auckland on May 24, and over Sydney on May 29.

As a sequel, on the night of May 31- June 1, Japanese midget submarines attacked Sydney Harbour.

Miss J. Ferrier and Mr. M. O. Mcllwain have joined the staff of the Port Moresby Freezing Works.