Fiji Mails Jettisoned At Sea
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Prom Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Aug. 21.
ABOUT 1,000 letters posted in Fiji went into the sea during the week when a Dakota of the RNZAF, on a flight from Nausori Airport to Auckland, developed engine trouble, jettisoned the mail, and limped back to Nausori on one engine.
When about 400 miles from Fiji, the plane’s port motor went out and before the dumping of the entire cargo, in
eluding the mail, the plane was losing height at the rate of 300 feet a minute.
A call was sent to the air base at Laucala Bay and a Catalina was sent out to intercept the Dakota and escort her back to land.
The birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Guy, of Suva, was announced at Atherton, Queensland, on July 10.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy, with their small son, left Suva in April to spend leave in Aus tralia. Mr. Guy is widely known as a draughtsman with the Lands Depart ment, Fiji.