Papua’s Hidden Valley is

Hidden no Longer

[Prom Our Own Correspondent LAE, Sept. 28.

SROPLANES must no longer be a surorise to natives in Papua’s bo -called Shangri-la valley near [in the Southern Highlands— September they had another \ this time from a single-engine leman owned and piloted by lain Bobby Gibbes. ptain Gibbes flew in and along out of the valley—but low gh for everyone on board to a good view. He could not —visiting the valley is tambu there is nowhere to land any e District Services Dept, does low expect that a ground patrol mter the valley until some time next year. They are con ating their position around where tribal fighting con s. sides Captain Gibbes, those on 1 the aircraft were Mr. Van •stein, a film director; Mr.

Simpson, the Australian ar of the Adam books; an r of the Department of Health, j. Yelland; and another Gibbes Mr. T. Chadam. e flight into the valley was ! on behalf of T.V. Films Pty., for whom Mr. Simpson is Guinea adviser. Both Mr. son and Mr. Alderstein took red and black and white films g the flight. anwhile in Sydney, Mrs. Jean s, sister of the late Jack Hides tpua, refutes published reports APC Geologist John Zehnder the first man to enter the r in May. Mrs. Crofts claims Hides and O’Malley visited the r as part of their Tari dand patrol in 1935. She says she has pictures and maps to it and that Hides described natives, their dress and mode ving in his book Papuan \erland.

Don Star For Ng Film?

Australian company (Asso- TV Pty. Ltd.) has now an ed its intention of making a ■ film based on a patrol in the Managing-director, Mr. C. rimgeour, left for London by late September, to ask Aus i actor Peter Finch to play the f a patrol-officer in the film.

Scrimgeour took with him a lute film of the New Guinea mds where the big film will ide. He screened the film at 5S reception prior to his de e and said that the commer llm would be in full colour vould use one of the wide processes.