Hon. G. W. Guttridge.
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Departure for London.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Pt. Moresby, July 26.
THE s.s. “Montoro,” leaving here on July 27, will have among her passengers Hon. G. W. Guttridge, M.L.C., with his wife and small daughter.
For seven years Mr. Guttridge has acted as general manager of the British New Guinea Trading Company, his en gagement terminating when the assets of that Company were bought by Messrs. Burns Philp & Co. in April last.
Mr. Guttridge was a non-official member of the Legislative Council, and was very widely interested in the social life of the town; and a long succession of farewell parties has been given in his honour. The commercial world of Port Moresby has associated Mr. Guttridge with all the important commercial movements of the Territory for so long, that his absence will be a loss that will be hard to replace.
As there is a possibility that Mr.
Guttridge will return to the Territory, he has been granted leave of absence from the Legislative Council, and will retain his commission for the present.
Mr. Guttridge arrived in Sydney on August 3, and left the same day for Melbourne, en route to London.