The Countess
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Tourist Travel—In Style
Hires Her Own
A CESSNA light aircraft, especi al ally hired for the occasion, took the Countess of Suffolk and Berkshire on a seven-day tour of Papua-New Guinea in November.
The Countess, who spends most of her time travelling, reached Aus tralia from England by air on No vember 5 with her secretary chauffeur; drove to Brisbane in a hired car, flew to Cairns, then hired a Cessna and pilot for flights around the Barrier Reef, and on to Thurs day Island and Port Moresby.
In her whirlwind Territory tour,
the Countess had the Cessna put down in most places, including Menyamya, in the Kukukuku country, and Mount Hagen in the western highlands.
On the way back to Australia (where she planned another tour be fore going on to New Zealand), she commented: “It was most interest ing.” t Queen Salote Tubou, of Tonga, has been invited to attend Festival Week celebrations at Dunedin, NZ, in January. The Queen has lately been holidaying at her Auckland residence. t Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Barber left Auckland per Matua in November.
Mr. Barber will join the staff, Bank of NZ, Suva.