Sir Arthur In P-Ng
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AUSTRALIAN Treasurer, Sir
Arthur Facfden, will tour Papua-New Guinea for one week at the end of October.
He will arrive at Port Moresby on October 26, and will open there the new £500,000 European and native hospital next day.
He will then go on to Rabaul.
Lae, Goroka, Mount Hagen, Bulolo and Wau. He will be accompanied by Territories Minister Hasluck.
The story is that the treasurer is interested in development pro jects as well as hospitals.
If Mr. Harvey Hunt, well-known travel agent, of Suva, was one of Pan American Airways’ guests early this month on the inaugural flight from Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific Islands, over the North Pole, to Europe. PAA allotted one seat to a Fijian resi dent interested in travel promotion; and Harvey Hunt drew the lucky marble. He will be absent from Suva for five or six weeks. What Is called “the Polar route” was pioneered last year by Canadian Pacific Airways; and the indica tions are that it will increase in
popularity. The decision of PAA to fly via the Arctic is significant— from San Francisco, PAA will send four Super-7 Clippers over the Pole to Europe each week.