Letters from a Pacific voyage and New Guinea stops
The speaker reflects on wartime travel, noting New Guinea ports, drinks at 25 cents, and sending a native mask to Sam Walker. They discuss freight offers and back‑home ferrying plans to Canada, joking about sailors and long range aircraft help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken
New Guinea
Port Morsby
Sam Walker
Jennie
Canada
Lea
Solomon Islands
Ellis Islands
Fiji
Samoa
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Vancouver
Ron Davies
Why Canada Wants the Prime Minister Job Now
The piece surveys why Canadian political leaders, once quiet and modest, suddenly rush to the prime ministership. It weighs motives from honor and duty to ego and power, noting pay rises, public scrutiny, and the burden of office as deterrents while signaling a coming shift in Canadian politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Diefenbaker
Canada
Mackenzie King
Louis St. Laurent
Lester Pearson
Paul Martin
David Fulton
Donald Fleming
Arone
King
Senate
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Saskatchewan
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Benito
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the Pas
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Montreal
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Dunlop
Office of Alcoholism Foundation of Man
Fischer Ave
Don Bradburn,Jr
Itc
Don
Joseph Leicester
Kelowna
B.C
Sharon Gaye
Michael Francis Dunne
Edmonton
Alberta
St.Joseph's Cathedral
C.W. League
Roy
Dion
Watkins
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Vern Simonsen
Department OF Mines and Natural Resources Lands
Keevil Mining Group Limited
Winnipeg
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Lease Bonifield
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W.R. Martin
Q.C
Westminster United
W.e.mcdonald
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B.A. L.B
P.O
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Toronto Telegram News Service
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