N.G. Public Service.
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THE latest Official Bulletin (number 13) issued by the Administration of New Guinea contains the following
appointments, promotions, etc., of the
public service:—
Permanent Staff.
Appointments.
Department of District Services and Native Affairs. —J. E. Daymond, to be Acting Assistant District Officer.
Department of Public Health. —N. Y. McKenna, to be Medical Officer; A. Coomber, to be Medical Assistant, Grade 1; H. J. Laugher, to be Acting Dispenser and Medical Stores Officer; J. M.
Atherton, to be Acting Assistant Dispenser.
Department of Lands, Surveys, Forests, Mines and Titles. —A. F. Schmahl, to be Translator.
Transfers.
Department of District Services and Native Affairs. —B. W. Sherman, Assistant District Officer, from Gasmata to Kokopo; A. C. Koskey, Clerk, from Rabaul to Salamaua; A. Nurton, Patrol Officer, from Rabaul to Salamaua.
Department of Public Health. —D. Day, Nurse, from Rabaul to Salamaua; W. N. S. Couzens, Medical Assistant, Grade 1, from Rabaul to Madang; R. G. Pickwell, Medical Assistant, Grade 1, from Rabaul to Namatanai; N. V. McKenna, Medical Officer, from Rabaul to Manus.
Termination of Services.
Department of Public Health. —M. B. Margrie, Nurse.
Temporary Employees.
Appointments, Department of District Services and Native Affairs.—N. M. Savage, to be Typiste; K. M.
Hyde, to be Typiste.
Department of Public Works.—H. J. Streeter, to be Carpenter.
Transfers.
Department of Public Works. —H. J. Streeter, Carpenter, from Rabaul to Salamaua; J. Lyall, Carpenter, from Rabaul to Salamaua (en route Wau).
Terminations.
Department of Treasury. —D. MacAdam, Typiste.
Department of Agriculture.—C. M. Smith, Inspector and Instructor.
Mr. W. C. Groves, accompanied by his wife and two daughters, returns to New Guinea by the “Montoro” on May 17.
Mr. Groves recently spent a year in New Ireland doing anthropological re search work. During the next 12 months he will study the sociological aspects of depopulation in Tabar Islands.