News Notes From The Ng

Goldfields

Prom Our Own Correspondent WAU, January 3. rHE first shipment of Klinkii and Hoop Pine shipped by New Guinea Gold fields to the Battery Separators Manufacturers in Sydney has been eceived and is reported to be in good ondition, and ideally suited to the pecial requirements of the trade. 187,000 uper feet of timber was milled by New Juinea Goldfields in the month of November, of which over 100,000 super eet was transported to Lae by road.

Sir Angus Gillan visited Wau early in he month, during his tour of the erritory, and spoke at a gathering of leople at the Wau Club, on the Functions if British Council.

On December 14 and 15, the Wau Memorial Hall was used by the Kinder arten School and the Primary School or their respective break-up party and oncert. Pupils of both schools were a ;redit to their teachers. Prizes were iresented to the Primary School children iy the Assistant District Officer, Mr. H. P. ieale.

District Officer, Mr. H. L, R. Niall of iae, left Wau at the end of December ifter spending several weeks here re uperating from his recent illness. He /as accompanied by his wife and aughter.

Reconstruction of the Golden Ridges fill, owned by New Guinea Goldfields of Vau, is approximately half completed, ’he installation of the main ore bin and tamp battery is completed, and the con ractor (Mr. Tom Huxley) has now moved

his staff and equipment to Madang where they are building the new main wharf.

The remainder of the work will be carried out by the company and it is hoped that the mill will be operating earlv in the New Year.

Dr. Carl Gunther, well-known medical man of Bulolo, returned recently from the United Kingdom, Europe and USA.

While in the UK he did a 12-months course in modern tropical medicine.

Dr. R. Bruce, who was relieving Dr.

Gunther at Bulolo has now joined the

Administration Medical Service and is to be stationed at Lae as Senior MO. , *' * , Th ® local school children who are on holidays from South, plus the school children of Wau are enjoying their game of g° lf which 15 bem £ taught them by the Wau club champion, Mr. Alex Couper. :: :: :: Father Christmas visited Wau on December 24, when the Wau Club gave the 120 children of Wau and district their

Annual Fancy Dress Party. Santa de livered beautiful presents to the children from the decorated Christmas Tree.

On the afternoon of Christmas Day, the Wau cricket oval was thronged with 2,000 natives attending their annual sing sing and kai-kai. Some of the dancers had beautiful bird of paradise plumes in their headdresses—to the envy of the European women spectators.