Legislative Council of N.G.
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Official Opening Fixed for Historic Date.
THE new Legislative Council of New Guinea will be officially opened on May 9. It is an historic date in Aus tralian history.
It was on May 9, 1901, that the Com monwealth Parliament was inaugurated, and the opening of the new Parliament at Canberra took place on May 9, 19217.
Civil government was inaugurated in the Mandated Territory in place of the military occupation on May 9, 1921.
The Minister in Charge of Territories (Major the Hon. C. W. C. Marr) will officially open the new Legislative Coun cil He will leave Sydney by the Mac dhui” on April 27, arriving at Rabaul on May 8, and will return to Sydney about May 30.
Major Marr, during his visit to the various ports will attend to a great deal of departmental business affecting the Territories of Papua and New Guinea.