Hospital
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Eventful Trip to Hospital
r]ERE are still occasional moments of drama in the Out posts of Empire.
After an eventful voyage from Vanikoro to Honiara, Mr. J. Webber, of Vanikoro, was admitted to the Cent r a 1 Hospital, Honiara, on March 7, with severe injuries to his left hand, the result of an accident with explosives.
Fortunately for Mr. Webber, at the time of the accident MV Kovala was en route to Vanikoro and Tikopia with stores, and Mr. C. J.
Hadley, Forestry Officer, and Mrs.
Hadley. The BSIP Medical Dept.
ordered the Kovala to disembark the Hadleys and the stores immedi ately, taking Mr. Webber on board and return direct to Honiara.
On the return voyage, within 12 hours of Honiara, the port steer ing wire carried away. The crew did a speedy job of improvisation by cutting and fitting an awning wire in three hours. t First fire extinguisher sprinkler system in Papua-New Guinea is to be installed in an Administration Hostel at Konedobu. The system, which is costing £5,000, is to have its own gravity tank independent from the town water supply as that is often too low for fire-fighting purposes.