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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1953Vol. XXIII, No. 12

To Live in Western Papua

p. 31 · Read in the full issue

Mrs. B. Toyer [?]eft), Mrs J.

Brien, and Mrs R.

[?]ser (right). who,

milies, accompanied [?]eir husbands to [?]w Guinea to estab

[?] a cray-fishing

Hustry. They left

[?]isbane on May 27, the "C-Gull", the

commodation ship

a fleet of four [?sels to engage in [?] cray fishing.

Irs. Toyer had [?]ve children on [?] three boys, [?]ed 9, 8, and 7, and [?] girls, aged 4 and months. She is a [?]ined nurse.

Mrs. Wyser, 24

me from Austria

[?] years ago, She

[?] never lived in a

[?] before.

Mrs. O'Brien, who

an eight - months - old daughter, [?]orah had never been to sea before. heir destination is Daru Island, near mouth of the Fly River, in West [?]ua where they plan to establish a lement. They will live in the boat houses are built. (Some old residents, from encouraging new enterprise, say [?] there are not sufficient crayfish in Gulf country to warrant the industry.)