Madang Notes

From Our Own Correspondent

Madang. Nov. 22

MR. and Mrs. Roy Kansen and small son have arrived here on transfer from Kokopo. Mr.

Hansen will take over the duties of Mr. R. Weidenhofer, who with his wife and family left by the last Malaita to spend nine months leave in Queensland.

Other Malaita travellers were Mr.

Middleton of Kulili Plantation and Mrs. Baume and family of the SDA Mission.

Madang residents who have re cently gone South on leave include Mr. and Mrs. B. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs.

Jock McKee, Mr. Alan Clark and Mr. Ron Chugg.

Mr. and Mrs. P. Chandler have also gone to Australia —but intend to stay there. They will be missed bv many friends in Madang.

The Madang Golf Club recently held a successful dance which raised £B4 for Club funds. The newly-formed Aquatic Club held its first dance at the Madang club recently and it too was a success.

Madang harbour lends itself to all types of water sports and local resi dents hope that this club will flourish.

At the Lutheran Mission Hospital sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. S. Evans of Dylup Plantation and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cunnington of Madang.

The Department of Works and Housing has commenced work on the first of three new PCB bunga lows at Kalibobo.

Masonic Grand Lodge mem bers from Brisbane who visited here recently for the In stallation ceremony, added to their New Guinea experiences when their plane, owing to bad weather, was forced to land at isolated Dumpu strip in the Ramu Valley where they spent a most uncomfortable night. Captain H. P. Whitlock, who for the past 21 years has been ADC to the High Commissioner of Western Samoa, returned to NZ with his wife and two children on the October Matua.