New Guinea Trade Agency.
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Federal Government Department.
We have had an inquiry about the character and purpose of the New Guinea Trade Agency.
The “New Guinea Trade Agency” is the name usually given to the New Guinea branch of the Commonwealth Treasury. This branch is a Federal Government Department. It is located in the offices of the Commonwealth Sub-Treasury, Commonwealth Bank, Sydney, and the secretary and manager is Mr. C. EL Leake. Its function is to make purchases on behalf of the Ad ministrations of New Guinea and Norfolk Island (mostly by inviting ten ders) ; to make payments on behalf of those Islands Administrations; and generally to act as the latter’s commer cial representative in Australia. Tenders are dealt with by a Tender Board of three members—Messrs. R. W. Hamil ton (Sub-Treasury accountant), P. A.
Weeks (Commonwealth Stores Staff), and C. E. Leake (secretary of the branch). Tenders are usually adver tised or invited by circular.