Not Magic
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It Was Flying, Not Magic
What caused the sudden ill health in Papua-New Guinea in April of High Chief Malietoa Tanumafili 11, of West Samoa?
PIM reported in May, p. 27, that he had gone into a Sydney hospital after his return from P-NG where he had been pre sent at the opening of the Legis lative Council, and was not discharged until early May. No body in Sydney seemed to know why Malietoa was in hospital, but, PIM reported, Malietoa would probably clear the mystery up himself when he got home.
He cleared it up in June.
He explained that high flying in New Guinea in un-pressurised aircraft had been the cause of all the trouble. He had bled from the nose, and had had many days of intense pain.
Malietoa praised the treat ment he received in the Sydney hospital and from the medical specialists who looked after him. And he also praised New Guinea’s hospitality, although he commented that the climate had been a great deal hotter f han West Samoa’s.