The Burns, Philp Subsidy
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THE Prime Minister was asked in the Federal Parliament on October 9 whether the Government intended to renew the subsidy to the Islands services of Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd., and, if so, would the Government “enquire into the rates charged by the company for passengers and freight, to ascertain whether they are excessive, and also whether the passenger accommodation on the company’s steamer should be im proved” ?
The Prime Minister replied that the matter was receiving attention and ques ■ tions of rates, etc., “are being investi gated.”
Mr. Dyson Hore-Lacy, who has a large plantation on Garua Island, off Talasea, New Britain, returned to Rabaul by the October Montoro.
A sketch by Frank Tealby, of a well-known and highly-esteemed resident of the Gulf Division of Papua, “Scotty” Currie. Mr. Currie has lived in this Territory for over 30 years, and was a ‘ copra king” of the early days. Mr. Currie was a member of Scott’s First Expedition to the Antarctic, in 1902.