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A Moresby, Jan
FTER a dry spell said to long as any in living me Port Moresby in Ja caught some of the effects c cyclonic disturbance off Northern Territory, and was ] by gale force winds and rains.
The town stood uo well t battering and, apart from ? leaky roofs and broken tele] cables, there was no damage o importance.
But the Australian Petn Company (and its insu brokers) did not get off so li Early on the morning of Ja] 21, one of the company’s twc Otter flying-boats capsized and at its mooring in Port Mo harbour.
The plane was valued at ; £15,000 and its loss left the C a spot because the second pi a out of action (and has beer four months) awaiting spares England.
The planes were used to men and supplies to the I where the search for oil drag Now. A.P.C. will rely on sea ti port and the Qantas Catalina to Kikori.
Loss of the Otter did not ticularly upset the Qantas pilots have been flying it. as they their engineers have long rega it as a bomb. They recorded • feelings on the Mess notice be “The Sea Otter passed away pe fully at its moorings this mon