UNIIED NATIONS TEMPORARY EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY WEST NEW GUINEA (WEST IRIAN) DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION Press Bureau News Release No.230 Hollandia/kotabaru 30 January 1963 INDONESIAN SHIPPING LINE TO TAI{-7 OVER FROM KPM IN WEST NEW GUINEA (WEST IRIAN) The Indonesian Shipping Company, Pelni, will take over from the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM) next March on services between coastal ports of the Territory and Singapore. The 'Kaloekoe" and the "Kasimbar" will be the last KPM vessels to call in the Territory. The "Kaloekoe " will leave Singapore on 9 February and is scheduled to sail from Hollandia/ Kotabaru on 10 March, Biak 13 March, Manokwari 15 March and arrive in Sorong around 18 March. The "Kasimbar", which will call at Merauke on 5 April, will meet the "Kaloekoe" in Sorong, and pick up passengers to continue through to Singapore. The "Cycloop", a steamer chartered by KPM operating on the north coast of the Territory, will be taken over by Pelni at the end of March, together with the "Sungei Panai", which calls at ports in the Geelvink Bay and MacCluer Gulf. KPM personnel will aot-afwagents.for the. Pelni. Lineduring the first_phase of the- take-over.
UNITED NATIONS TEMPORARY EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY WEST NEW GUINEA (WEST IRIAN) DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION Press Bureau News Release No.232 Hollandia/kotabaru 31 January 1963 CONTINUED DECLINE OF CHOLERA EPIDEMIC There is a definite decline in the cholera epidemic in West New Guinea (West Irian), Dr.Mariano Icasiano, Director of Public Health announced this week. The epidemic, which has infected part of the south coast of the Territory since September 1962, continues to be restricted to a small area around Perimapoen, a village on the south west coast. Seventeen cases, with two deaths were reported for the week ending 19 January, and for the week ending 26 January there were only two cases, with no deaths. The cumulative"" tb-Tal since the outbreak of the epidemic in September is 1387 cases, with 504 deaths.
