September Malaita

Travellers

The South Atlantic Sealing O one of the British Colonial Develo ment Corporation’s adventures up< which we reported in Septemb PIM, has since gone out of businei Reason given for its demise is th the estimated annual catch of sei had not been realised. For the h year of operations this Falkland ] lands enterprise lost £23,483.

Northbound Malaita passengers September included (left to right, top bottom): — Sister Helen Barrett, of the Melanesi[?] Mission Hospital, Ugi, BSI, who was [?] turning after leave in Australia. M[?] Jean Roberts, who was leaving on a s[?] months’ trip to New Guinea to visit h[?] father Capt. Charley Bignell, of the sma[?] inter-island vessel Kokoda, and her cous[?] Mrs. John Rowebotham, of Lae, No Guinea.

Archdeacon and Mrs. A. E. Teall, w[?] have been in the New Hebrides for t[?] past 30 years, were returning to the headquarters, Lolowai, New Hebrides.

Mrs. I. Lansdowne, with her th[?] children, Pat, James and Marie Bremm who was leaving to join her husband Bougainville, BSI.