new official handbook

Of Papua

ANEW edition (making the fifth) of the Official Handbook of Papua, written and compiled by Mr. Lewis Lett, has just been issued by the Gov ernment Printer in Port Moresby. Many years have passed since the last edition, and this new compilation is not only timely, but is exceedingly well done.

There is a complete description of the history, geography, administrative ma chinery and economic condition of the Territory; while the various laws and regulations under which land settlement, farming, trading, mining, etc., are car ried on are fully and authoritatively de scribed.

An up-to-date map of the Territory is included in the Handbook, and there are also numerous illustrations from

photographs taken by Messrs. A. and K.

Gibson.

This Handbook—which, incidentally, is a credit to the typographical art will be useful to every resident of Papua and to all business firms having deal ings with the Territory.

Mr. T. Webb, a member of the ad ministrative staff of New Guinea, sta tioned at Lae. has suffered a great deal of sickness since he came south on fur lough a year ago. He has just com pleted a spell of about four months in hospital. He is going to Townsville this month to spend a short holiday be fore returning to New Guinea.

Mr. V. E. Aveling, of the staff of Burns Philp (S.S.) Co. Ltd.. Apia, returned to Samoa in December after several months’ holidays in Australia.