Returns to Rabaul on Jan. 12
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THE Administrator of New Guinea, Brig.-General A. E. Wisdom, will return to Rabaul by the Macdhui, leaving Sydney on January 12. Since the death of Mrs. Wisdom, reported in our November issue, the Administrator has been living quietly in Sydney, attending to departmental business.
When General Wisdom came south with his late wife, some months ago, it was reported that they contemplated a visit to England, and it was stated that the Administrator probably would retire, and live there. There was some speculation concerning the appointment of a successor, and the Federal Government appeared to be faced with a difficult problem.
The death of Mrs. Wisdom has altered circumstances. General Wisdom apparently has abandoned any thought of going abroad, and is forthwith returning to duty. The Government, therefore, is now not called upon to find a new administrator at a very difficult time in the history of the Territory. ... ===