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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1955Vol. XXV, No. 7

Ae-Hagen By Car

p. 131 · Read in the full issue

LAE, Feb. 2.

JRING the Christmas-New Year period, three young Lae re sidents became the first persons ravel in the one motor vehicle i Lae to .Mount Hagen, ley are Messrs. Col. Barbour, Les grave and Col. Slater, who elled the 320 miles in a jeep ih they sold to Mr. Dan Leahy tie completion of the journey, took them 40 hours actual driv time and followed on the trip e some time previously from to Goroka by Director of Health John Gunther), District Com lioner, Morobe (Mr. Horrie Niall), an Administration Mechanic Bob Dudgeon) who took a jeep ulance from Lae for work in Eastern Highlands. ■st year Seventh Day Adventist ionaries travelled to Mt. Hagen t Lae but they had to change

cles half-way.

ie Basket Ball Union of Aus a, member of the International iration of that sport, has in

vited a team from New Caledonia to play several matches in different Australian capitals.