Invasion Of Kavieng In 1942
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THERE is wartime tragedy in a petition made recently to the Supreme Court of Papua-New Guinea, wherein Mr.
J. H. McDonald, sole surviving trustee of the Kavieng Club, asks that the Club be regarded as having been dissolved on January 23, 1942, and that instructions be given as to the disposal of the assets.
Kavieng, at the northern end of New Ireland, was overwhelmed by the Japanese invasion at the same time (January 23, 1942) as Rabaul disappeared behind the Asiatic flood; and, as in Rabaul, a very large proportion of the leading men of the community were lost.
The petition will be heard by the Court on June 29, 1949, in Port Moresby.
Another Gazette notification refers to the settlement of the estate of the late Colin MacKellar, of Pigibut Plantation, Tabar Island. Mr. MacKellar, who was a well-known resident of the New Ireland district, died on July 1, 1942.