Reconditioning

Henderson Airfield , BSIP

HENDERSON and Munda air fields in BSIP have been surveyed with a view to pre paring estimates of costs involved in rehabilitating them for use in the New Guinea-BSIP air-service.

Both fields were put in during the war Henderson, close to Honiara, being now part of US Marine Corps history—but they were allowed to fall into disrepair.

The cost of bringing them up to Civil Aviation standard for DCS

aircraft will be paid out of Colonial and Welfare Development grants.

It is likely that work on Munda will proceed first. There is a slight dip in Henderson Field and the Regional Director of the Dept, of Civil Aviation has to be con sulted about it. t Recent departures from Nuku alofa, Tonga, are Capt. and Mrs.

A. J. Miller and daughter, Jan; and Mr. W. H. Harrington. Capt, Miller and Mr. Harrington have finished their term of service to the Tongan Government. Capt, Miller returns to New Zealand, and Mr.

Harrington returns to England.