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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1956Vol. XXVII, No. 3

Henderson

p. 117 · Read in the full issue

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[?]ening of Munda and Henderson

G September a large party yil aviation officials visited Solomons. DCA experts •t Moresby and Melbourne ompanied by two officials Ministry of Transport and ation, London. programme included is of M u n d a and n airfields as well as landing points along the [oniara air route. 3on Government can put nto service as a replace- Barakoma’s restricted air i open Henderson to DC3 was the basis of is held in Honiara, iestion is an old one, and ase of Munda is tied in stions of land acquisition, re seems to be little regarding the structural of both strips. 11s, Operations department spent several days in examining the airfield ipening of Munda and n will not mean any e change of service to and Protectorate, either in the aircraft operating or in routes, but obviously will stand a better chance Dved inter-Pacific routes se improved airfields are , —Honiara Correspondent. . H. Woodward, a New Stipendiary Magistrate, in Western Samoa in hr a term of duty.