Ting Ready To Film

[?]L Another One!

"Tyree" In Tahiti

iM director John Huston rrived in Tahiti from USA in Jay to make preparations for liming of his new work, Typee d on Herman Melville’s classic) July. egory Peck will be the star, liming will occupy some months, the end of May, in Tahiti, Mr. on was arranging locations, seeking “beautiful young lesian girls—singers and danc to appear in the film.

Itorial Note : The search for itiful young Polynesian girls’’ ibly indicates the character of production—all considerations ;rted to box office demands, s have been a dozen films made big scale since the war, either about the South Pacific; but me has given the wide world a glimpse of real conditions in South Seas. The emphasis rs is on sex and hula-hula and our, because the mob wants it way. Yet there are enough n and beauty and human in i in the South Pacific Islands eate a true-to-life film which d please the customers. It is matter of vision and director-

Rotonga Radio Service

here is no routine R/T watch, sels are contacted by pre inged schedule only, with ■otonga replying on 2182 or L kc/s, with 4402.7 kc/s also liable if necessary. Local vessels 2182/2162 kc/s for short-range king round the Southern Group nds, and the 8.2 mc/s band for tacts from the Northern Group, eds are usually round 0330 and

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iter-island communications are 'ied out on the shipping [uency of 2012 kc/s, so an out vessel equipped with that [uency may make initial contact i Rarotonga by breaking in on t frequency, which is in use nt rvals throughout the day. No liar 2182 kc/s distress watch is ntained.

K Tug Brings Another

Barge For Papua

tie British ocean-going tug desman tied up in Port Moresby May 5, at the end of her second ige from the United Kingdom Papua within 7 months, le brought with her this time ew barge for APC and cut 11 s off her previous trip when towed two barges the 11,200 3S from the United Kingdom 3 apua. r adesman, with her crew of 15, id out of the River Tyne in erly cold weather on February and berthed in Port Moresby i the temperature in the 80’s, came by way of the Suez Canal, n, Djakarta and the Torres lit, and averaged 11 knots for journey. le Master of the tug, Captain per, said he struck good weather t of the way and there were incidents. By the time he gets ie, he expects he will have elled more than 25,000 miles on present journey.