Pension-Less Service

ALTHOUGH there is a liberal super annuation system in operation in Papua, and a good, if less liberal, system in New Guinea, public servants in the smaller Australian territories have no pension at all. Norfolk Island, for in stance, has only a handful of officials, but they must keep working until they drop—there are no pensions provided for them.

Many people still hope that out of the Imperial Conference there will emerge a scheme, under which Australia will take charge of other Western Pacific territor ies and will then create for the adminis tration of all these territories, a tropical service, wherein men will be given wider opportunities for advancement and pro motion, and which will provide a liberal system of pensions for all.