Duke's P-NG Tour
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In Spite Of
War Threats
Duke's P-NG Tour Goes to Plan
UP until PIM went to press (November 12), the Papua-New Guinea tour of the Duke of Edinburgh was going to plan— although against a background of war tension and calamity that threatens to make the holding of the Olympic Games (which the Duke will open on November 22 in Melbourne) a complete fiasco.
The Royal Yacht Britannia entered Port Moresby harbour early on November 10. Unfortunately, overcast skies after heavy overnight rain marred the strong blue and turquoise colours that Moresby harbour usually presents.
The Governor-General of Aus tralia, Sir William Slim, Brigadier D. M. Cleland, Administrator of P-NG, and the Australian Minister for Territories, Mr. Paul Hasluck, welcomed the Duke.
Later that day he visited Bomana war cemetery, a rubber plantation at Sogeri, attended a dinner and reception at Government House that evening, and watched Papuan dancers On November 11 he flew to Lae, where he attended the Anz a c Ceremonies at Lae War Cemetery and later he flew to Bulolo where he spent the night. On November 12 he returned to Lae by road and is expected to visit Rabaul and Manus on November 13 and 14.
On the afternoon of November 14, Jlis Royal Highness will fly to Darwin. (See article page 37 this issue.) t Mr. Ronald Syme, who is well known in Mangaia and elsewhere in the Cook Islands, has returned to Rarotonga. He has been living in New Zealand for some time.