New N.G. Administrator
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Farewelled
THERE was a very friendly little gather ing present at the Federal Members’
Rooms, Commonwealth Bank, Sydney, on August 28, to bid farewell to Brigadier- General McNicoll, prior to his sailing for New Guinea to assume the Administration ship of the Territory.
The party had been convoked by Major C. W. C. Marr to enable the General to meet various men with business interests in the Pacific Islands —particularly New Guinea. Among those present were Major Marr, Mr. W. R. Carpenter, Mr. J.
A. Carpenter, Mr. C. C. Bown (represent ing Mr. Frank Hambridge, New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd.), Mr. James Burns, Mr. J.
Debert (representing Mr. R. W. Robson “Pacific Islands Monthly”), and Mr. E. G.
Murray.