For New Guinea Work
p. 101 · Read in the full issue
The 75-ft “Paula Gay”, latest in a long line of small ships owned by Mr. Jack Thurston, well-known planter of New Guinea, left Sydney on her maiden voyage in mid-November with the owner, his son Michael and a crew of three. They hoped to make Rabaul in a couple of weeks. “Paula Gay” will be used for plantation work and for communication with Rabaul. The hull, built during the war, was bought in Sydney some months ago.
The two Thurstons have fitted her out and built the superstructure themselves.