Costly Gift
p. 18 · Read in the full issue
FIVE of the six Catalina amphi bian planes presented by the Australian Government to the Dutch Naval Air Force in West New Guinea are still being over hauled in Sydney at a cost of £32,000 each. The gift was an nounced a year ago but only one plane has been delivered to Biak.
The six planes cost the RAAF about £360,000 in California during the war. An early quotation for making them airworthy after the war was £192,000, but it is expected that the amount will be more like £300,000 to make them fully opera tional.
Some Catalinas were sold at dis posals sales after the war for £B5O each.
II Mr. Paul Mallon was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the Papua-New Guinea Supreme Court on June 18.