New Guinea Public Service

Mr. Walcott’s Report

From Our Canberra Correspondent CANBERRA, January 14.

MR. P. E. Walcott, Commonwealth Public Service officer in Queensland who recently returned from the Mandated Territory of New Guinea, where he made a special investigation of public service conditions, has now furnished his report to the Government.

Mr. Walcott, who was accompanied by Mr. Mulrooney, of the Prime Minister’s Department, as secretary, spent about three months on the work.

Mr. Beasley, Assistant-Minister, is now engaged going through the report, which contains a number of important recommendations. There is little doubt that most of the recommendations will be adopted, for they indicate directions in which considerable economies can be made without interfering with the efficiency of the service. ———