5th Archbold expedition to New Guinea. March 4, 1956 to February 1, 1957
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(Man) Pathologist, who visited us in Florida last year). Grahamstown, Thief Collection of Fossils, Cardiac reception everywhere. Government will be helpful. Wilson, a new (ca. 1 pm) appointee, a very gracious man. Associate Grahamstown (Known to me since 1935) showed me a special archive which, after 16 years we had with Western Ontario in 1958, was granted to permit the first entry of specimens & materials, for scientific purposes. We submit a written request under this arrangement. Then some time at the Forestry Dept., looking at air photos of the mountains of Penzance Island. It is extremely rough country for the most part, broken by great joint-line precipices. The highest peak (6800 ft. 2100 K. Kilimanjaro) looks especially difficult. There is not much forest or a summit of very limited scope. Mt. Maybole (5615' (ca. 6000' on some maps) offers more scope & much mossy forest. It looks a little precipice, with approach from Taygman Bay. Then appears to be a small patch of grass on the very summit of Kilimanjaro. Agui: I am a refugee Hungarian, now an Australian citizen. Primarily a lepidopterist, but evidently well grounded in Zoology in general; a man of very pleasing open, but thing personally, apparently very good mind and held several fellowships in various parts of Europe. I was out of his home country when it became involved in World War II. His wife & daughter still in Hungary. Man. 17: Mr. Bank of N.S. Wales, Manager, David told me about the strike of petroleum gas we heard about in the U.S. a couple of months ago. This was at KEURU, Vernonia River. It belonged to Australian Petroleum Co. Was being drilled by an American contractor. Shut trouble at that of bore when trying to make up line, I met taking proper precautions, the gas was struck unexpectedly at 950 ft. (The first bore in the area). Great flow. Bore was capped, & the gas blew out in several places close to the bore. An expert team from the U.S. had a look at the situation. They were hired. An oblique hole is now being drilled to tap the gas & reduce pressure in original hole. Gavi has sent out two