Wewak Greets A Liner
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MADANG, March 2.
T'HE port of Wewak (far north- A west of New Guinea) had its first visit from a large ship since the war, on February 23, The 4,000-tons passenger-cargo ship Malekula called and left 80 tons, and loaded 20 tons of general cargo. A surf-boat carrying 88 bags of peanuts, grown by the Rural Pro gress Society of Dagua, capsized; but the peanuts were later recovered, laid on the beach to dry, and shipped to Madang, on a smaller craft.
It is unfertunate for Wewak that there is no safe anchorange, even for small ships, and the handling □f cargo and passengers is often hazardous. Mr. Fred Godson, of Port Moresby, has gone to Ceylon, on a few weeks’ holiday.