Where Honour Is Due.

[Letter to the Editor ] In a recent issue of the P.I.M. com menting on the departure of General Wisdom from the Territory, mention was made that he had to start on new and raw material.

I am sure that the General would ad mit the able assistance he received from the old hands. The five leading District Officers are old hands, as are the heads of the Customs and Public Works and, without doubt, the old hands have been of great assistance to the new, who have now qualified to take their places.

Another item that might give offence to our Public Service was in the Larkin case, where Lambert was mentioned as being little better than a first-aid man.

I was under Lambert nine years ago when it was a case of life or death, and I am still very much alive. It must be remembered that our medical assistants have had years of training in all tropi cal complaints; therefore, are more qualified to treat those complaints than a good many doctors down south. The fact that they have to go a week’s jour ney away from the nearest doctor, where they have to treat both white and black, shows that the Administration and the doctors have every confidence in them and they are worthy—as most of our public service are—of more praise than they get.

I am, etc.,

Liviara.

Wau, N.G. 26/2/33.