Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1949Vol. XIX, No. 10

Local Air Transport Co's In

p. 59 · Read in the full issue

Page 5959

New Guinea

THERE now is an important local air transport industry in New Guinea, based on Lae.

In addition to Qantas 'local services there are the organisations run by Man dated Airlines Ltd. (W. R. Carpenter and Co., Ltd.), and Guinea Air Traders Ltd., which absorbed Taylors Air Transport some time ago.

Gibbs’ Sepik Airways, run by a well known airman, and based on Wewak, provides service in that end of the main land.

Ben Hall’s Sepik River Trading Co., which ran from Madang to the Highlands, Wewak and Lae, sold out to Qantas re cently and Mr. Hall, following his mar riage, has settled down on the late V. C.

Johnston’s plantation near Madang.

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