Tahiti-Honolulu Air Lin [?]
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Bryan Monkton at Work On Plan
THE founder of Trans Oceai Airways, Captain Bryan Moi ton, was in Honolulu at the end October, with Mr. Frederick Barn of Sydney, organising a new airlii to be called South Pacific Air Lin to run a service between Honoli and Tahiti.
The plan was launched in S« tember, but a Honolulu newspaj said in October that it had be “stopped by lack of interest fr* prospective investors.” On Octol 27, however, Captain Monkton s; that “plans are still moving ahe and the airline has engaged Ha: Bowen, Washington attorney, to r< resent it before CAB in hopes getting early approval of that agec on its application for an airline c tificate.”
Governor Jean Petitbon, on way back to Tahiti, was interview in Honolulu late in October on t subject of a Honolulu-Papeete service. He expressed his inter© but did not commit himself to a opinion. He did say, however, t) he and the French Governnu favoured the encouragement of a side interests to build in Tahiti mt hotels for the tourist traffic.
Captain Monkton left the serv' of TOA a year ago, after Engli capital was introduced, and was la< reported to be doing a flying job Korea.
Increased cargo and excess b* gage rates on the Qantas Bird Paradise Service to Papua, Nil Guinea, New Britain and t Solomons, took effect on Decemtt 5. The approximate increase is per cent.
Golden Wedding At Lae
MR. and Mrs. Henry G. Eekhoff, of Lae, New Guinea, will cele )rate their Golden Wedding on De :ember 24. They were married at it. Matthews, West Kensington, Lon lon, on December 24, 1902.
The Eekhoffs were in Queensland n 1909, and after War I Henry
ekhoff went to New Guinea on be df of the Expropriation Board and as stationed at Mai, in the Ninigo lands. Later he was appointed to [atanatar, at Kokopo, where Mrs. skhoff joined him in 1921.
In 1928 the Eekhoffs went to Lae, here they have remained for the st 25 years, with the exception of e years of the Japanese occupation.
Mr. Eekhoff and his son, Gordon, -re engaged in business in Lae he re the war. Their daughter, orothy (Mrs. Alf Priebe) is a re lent in the Mary River Valley Dis ct of Queensland, where Mr. Priebe vns a dairy farm.
A new guest house has been opened Apia, Western Samoa, to cope with creasing tourist traffic.
The Eekhoffs—both 73, healthy and [?]ppy they say, and looking forward to [?]arting their second 50 years together [?] Christmas Day.