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Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 March 1931Vol. 1 No. 8

Sir Hubert Murray

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Conference at Canberra

From Our Canberra Correspondent.

CANBERRA, March 12.

SIR HUBERT MURRAY, Lieutenant- Governor of Papua, accompanied by his official secretary, Mr. Leonard arrived in Canberra on March 2 for the purpose of completing his annual report and conferring with the Prime Minister and departmental offi cers on Island affairs.

He was the guest of the Governor- General, Sir Isaac Isaacs, and Lady Isaacs at dinner at Yarralumla, and visited the House of Representatives during the debate on the no-confidence motion moved by Mr. Latham.

Sir Hubert went to Melbourne on March 7 to meet Lady Murray, who has just returned from an extended visit to England, and they returned to Canberra on March 11.