Papua New Guinea's Steamships Trading Company is celebrating its centenary and is asking for anecdotal stories and historical images of the company's major milestones.
I sent them an image of this K.1,231,182.92 cheque. That's well over K.3,000,000 in today's money. Milestones don't get much bigger than this!
For the full story, read "At my age I do what Mark Twain did. I get my daily paper, look at the obituaries page and if I'm not there I carry on as usual".
P.S. For a quick review of "Steamships Trading Company 1918-2008: A History" by James Sinclair, click here.