Personal

Sir Hurbert Murray, Lt.-Governor of Papua, returned to Sydney from a holiday visit to Norfolk Island on January 15, accompanied by Lady Murray. He will leave for Papua on January 31, and is expected to return to Australia to at tend the Canberra Conference in March.

Mr. R. A. Lever, who is returning to the Solomons, and Mr. J. K. Brownless, of the Colonial Service, also bound for the Solomons, arrived from London by the Ormonde during the week.

Mr. E. W. P. Chinnery, Director of Native Affairs and District Services in New Guinea, concluded his long leave in Australia this month, and is returning to the Territory.

Mr. L. A. Lister, the secretary of Hold en’s Air Transport Services, Ltd., who returned from New Guinea by the M.V.

“Macdhui,” is enthusiastic about the prospects of his company. Its fleet of aircraft is in excellent condition.

Mr. Leo Austen, A.R.M., of the Papuan Public Service, who has been stationed in the Trobriant Group for two years, arrived in Sydney in December on long leave, which will be spent in Australia.