On The Job!
p. 41 · Read in the full issue
New Guinea Administrator’s Personal Inquiries.
THE new Administrator of New Guinea, Brigadier-General T. Grif fiths, is taking an active interest in the condition of all parts of the Ter ritory.
His Honour recently arranged to cross over from Rabaul to the Nama tanai district of New Ireland, and thence proceed along the famous East Coast road, right up to Kavieng. He was to personally visit each of the many plantations en route and, prob ably, will investigate native labour conditions in New Ireland, which have been causing concern.
Next month (October) the Adminis trator will visit Salamaua and Lae, and thence will walk up the Markham Valley, and on up the Wampit or Watut Valleys to the Bulolo end of the Morobe goldfield. In this way, His Honour will personally investigate the whole question of building a vehicular road from the coast into the goldfield, which is one of the most difficult problems before the Administration.
Needless to say, the active interest which is being taken by the Adminis trator, in thus personally investigating questions of vital interest to the Ter ritory, has caused pleasure among the residents. The attitude of the people generally towards the Administration has changed in an extraordinary way, to one of marked friendliness, during the past twelve months.