Mr. H. Leonard Murray, C.B.E.

j\/|R. LEONARD MURRAY, official sec retary to the Lieutenant Governor of Papua, and member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, has been in the Ter ritory since 1909, and has well earned the honour of C.B.E. He has been Sir Hu bert Murray’s right-hand man for 20 years; and he has added to his own out

standing personal ability, an invaluable knowledge of his distinguished uncle’s policy and methods in tropical adminis tration. His balanced judgment and quiet ‘efficiency must have been of great help to Sir Hubert, during the latter’s 28 years’ successful reign in Papua.

Mr. Murray, among other things, is captain of the Government’s yacht Laura hada; and, in reference thereto, we have a note from a well-known man, who says: “I have seen this Leonard Murray do things with his ship, among puzzling reefs on dark nights, and in handling natives with firmness and justice, which show extraordinary nerve and cool ness. He has achieved really heroic feats in taking the Lieut.-Governor, by day and night, to points along that coast, among those awful reefs—all without any fuss or publicity. I am glad that his long, useful service has received some recognition.”

Captain James B. Nursey, who re cently arrived in Sydney from Canada, sailed for Salamaua, New Guinea, by the Montoro on January 11. He will spend three or four months in the Territory on business and pleasure.

Mr. L. J. Joubert, assistant general manager of Bulolo Gold Dredging Limited, will arrive in Sydney by the Monterey at the end of January, after furlough in America. He will return to New Guinea by the Neptuna in February.