Danish Scientists Based
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On Port Moresby
THE Danish scientific expeditior aboard the Danish frigat* Galathea (see article on page 33! arrived in Port Moresby from thu Philippines and East Indies at tho end of September; and she will us* Port Moresby as a base durinjj October and November, while ini vestigating the ocean deeps to thu eastward, between the New Guinea; archipelagoes and the Solomon Islands.
It is expected that the Galatheae in late November, will visit Brisbane and Melbourne, and she will go tc: Sydney about the end of the yean for docking.
Captain Henrik Madsen com-: mands the Galathea, with Comi mander K. H. Seehausen, second in command. Dr. Anton Bruun, oc Copenhagen University, is at thr head of the scientific party.
Mr. Hakon Mielche, who is £ Danish author-traveller with man:i friends in the South Pacific, i i aboard the Galathea in charge oc the public relations section. He wiEj receive a warm welcome in Sydney and in Central Pacific and Poly-y nesian ports.
The Gold and Silver Ball, helo; on Seotember 1, to raise funds foie the St. Augustine’s Church, Wauo netted £l5O. Mr. Dick Greatrix once again produced a Floor Show — ballets, solo numbers and the storr of Cinderella in burlesque.
Mr. O. L. Speck, SDA missionary at Ambunti, Upper Sepik, Nev‘ Guinea, accompanied by Mrs. Specie and their two children, returned td the Territory by air at the end oo September, after spending leave iii Australia.