No Beer Boycott

Letter to the Editor I HAVE read, with interest and indigna tion. an article in your issue of Octo ber headed “Beer Boycott”, and I feel incensed at the inaccuracies of your statement.

I am a financial member of the New Guinea Mining Association, and I have attended every meeting. There never has been any mention at any of these meet ings of boycotting the W. R. Carpenter & Co., Ltd., interests and activities in Waii. How you arrive at this and other totally erroneous conclusions, is beyond my comprehension, and I can only con clude that your source of information is prejudiced, or extremely badly informed.

True, there has been some talk of a boy cott of the hotels at Wau in unofficial circles, due to indignation against cer tain interests operating on the goldfields.

But the New Guinea Mining Association has issued no directions to its members as to their actions regarding same.

In common with the majority of gold fields residents, I feel that in fairness to our Association, this mis-statement on your part must be given publication.

I am, etc.,

James Wright.

Wpu, N.G. 19/11/’3B.

EDITORIAL NOTE: Mr. Wright's statement certainly is surprising. Accord ing to reports published in Australian newspapers, apparently from several sources, it appeared that the Mining Association conducted for several days, a very lively boycott of certain interests.

We are glad to have this assurance that the situation was not as • represented— it did not reflect creditably on the Wau community.

Mrs. Chas. Bentley, of Suva, left Syd ney for Fiji by the November “Niag ara” after a trip to Europe. She spent some time at Sydney visiting her niece.

Mrs. Allen Junes.

Mr. Max Harris, of the clerical staff of A. H. Bunting and Co., Samarai, re turned to Panua after three months’ furlough in Sydney, by the December “Macdhui”.

Mr. D. W. D. Maxwell, of the Fiji Government Medical Department, is at present in the United Kingdom on leave.