Minister’S Advice.

To New Guinea Cadets.

IT was largely in the spirit of a father offering good advice to a son that the Minister for Territories (Mr.

Marr) addressed the young men who left Sydney by the last “Macdhui” to enter the Public Service in New Guinea as cadets.

There are ten of them. They were selected after careful tests, from 2,136 applicants for the vacant cadetships from all parts of Australia. Those who met Mr. Marr were Messrs. H. G.

Verey, of Sydney; D. McCarthy, Kemp sey; M. S. Edwards, Broken Hill; L.

G. Vial, Melbourne; K. W. Bliston, Perth; H. B. Hamilton, Perth; K. J.

Hickey, Perth; and J. R. Black, South Australia. The two other cadets, Messrs T. G. Aitchison, of Melbourne, and G. Greathead, of Bundaberg, joined the remainder of the party on the “Macdhui.”

It was when Mr. Marr departed from the formalities of his prepared speech that he appeared to be most at home among the youthful party.

“The territory to which you are going,” he said, “is not nearly the wild man’s country that it is generally be lieved to be. If I were a young man I would have no greater ambition than to serve Australia there, and carve out a career in that country. I congratu late you all on the opportunity that has been opened up for you, and feel sure that you will bring credit to your selves, to the Administration, and to the Commonwealth.

“You are linking up with a service which takes second place to none in the British Empire, and that is saying a good deal when one remembers the splendid traditions of the British Colonial services.”

The cadets will be met at Port Moresby by the Director of District Ser vices and Native Affairs (Mr. Chinnery).

Mr. Marr pointed out that, as the New Guinea service is somewhat short handed, several of the cadets will pro ceed immediately to the Morobe district. —“Sydney Morning Herald.”