Operation

Small-Fry

DURING early December, Qant Empire Airways flew home the Islands from Austral where they had been at scho 600 children. They came frc all of the Eastern States and th( destinations were Papua and N Guinea, the Solomons, Fiji, Ni Hebrides and New Caledonia.

A vast amount of organisati was necessary to uplift the youngsters and get them home t

John Cumpston and Ian Johnston, sons of the Australian and British Consuls in Noumea respectively: and Nicole and Marina Brossier, daughters of Dr. and Mme.

Brossier of Epi, New Hebrides.

Left to right: Granville, Averill, and Jimmy Heape of Port Moresby; Harley and Terry Triggs of Port Moresby; Margar Hunt, of Sydney (left), who went to Kavieng, New Ireland, to spend the holidays with her friends Lynne and Patty Evans (right)

Colin and Eric Tang of Wewak; L. Tuckey of Lae; and Richard Leahy of Zenag, seeing off his friends Bill Maloney of Wau and Keith Morrisey of Port Moresby.

Diane Ireland of Wau; Kay Samuel of Port Moresby: Judy Wilton of Bulolo; Beverley Lambert; Jannice Lega; and Francis and Michael Chan, of Rabaul.

are Christmas. And, at the end of anuary, or in early February, they mst all be gathered up and brought ack to Australia, and school, again.

Our cameraman was able to take nly a tiny percentage of the total umber of young travellers —but aeir photos appear here and on age 46 opposite.

and Barry Holder of Santo; Andre Lancon and Yolande Nicholls of Vila.

Christopher Edwards of Santo and Jean-Francois Guitel of Noumea; Wendy