Many Pearls At Penrhyn

FROM Penrhyn in the Northern Cooks in August it was re ported that a large number of “rare and beautiful gems” have been taken from the lagoon in recent pearling operations.

Most are from the little Pipi mol lusc, which has a diameter of only one to two inches, but produces sur prisingly large pearls, usually of a pink or yellowish colour.

Pearls of up to 7 carats, say 3/8 of an inch in diameter, have recently been fished, according to the report, which stated that over ten thousand carats of pearls are at present avail able to buyers.

One of the two Qantas Catalinas which have been familiar around Port Moresby for some years went South permanently In August. Now that QEA is operating Sandring hams on former Catalina services one of the Cats can be dispensed with. Captain Fox and two crew members went with her. The other Catalina will remain based on Moresby, principally for charter use for AFC and the Administration.

Mr. and Mrs. Noel Hewlett of New Guinea Goldfields, Wau, NG, with their infant son, left for three months leave in Sydney at the end of July.

The Ladies Guild of St. Augus tine’s Church of England, Wau, NG, held another very successful market day on July 28, and there by raised over £3O for church funds.

Dr. C. A. Moody, who has been practising* in South Australia for the past 12 years, has accepted a position as medical officer for the BPC on Ocean Is.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Carr left Auckland by the July Tofua for Suva. Mr. Carr, who recently has been editor of a NZ country news paper, was to take up an editorial appointment with the “Fiji Times”.

Papua N. Guinea

Footballers

Although Papua- New Guinea cannot be said to have the orthodox climate for it, football - both Soccer and Rugby League—have become very popular there since the war. On August 3, in Port Moresby, matches were played between teams representing New Guinea and Papua. These two teams are from Papua. and they beat the NG repre sentatives. At top is shown the Papuan reserve team, which defeated the NG re serve. Bottom, the Papuan representa tives who defeated the New Guinea representatives. —Photos by Papuan -Prints.

Dr. Thomas Fry, Officer-in- Charge of the Legal Section of the Territories Research Department, visited Wau, Bulolo and Mumeng, New Guinea, recently. He is par ticularly interested in the imple mentation of the Native Adminis tration Regulations and District Courts Ordinance; he attended courts in session during his visit.