Practical Plan

Amalgamation Of Papua And N. Guinea

Appointment of Committee to Work Out a Practical Plan

VjyHEN the Australian Cabinet met in Hobart on February 6, a sub committee was appointed to recom mend suitable experts to be appointed as a Committee, whose duty will be to report on the proposal to amalga mate the New Guinea and Papua Administrations—and, if practicable, the territories themselves.

The Committee, it was expected, would be ready for appointment when Cabinet met in Melbourne about February 15. Some newspapers said

that the chairman of the Committee probably would be Mr. H. P. Brown (formerly Commonwealth Auditor- General),

German Reaction

The decision of the Australian Govern ment to investigate the possibility of amalgamating the Mandated Territory of New Guinea with the Australian Terri tory of Papua has been received with sus picion in Germany.

The “Premdenblatt”, of Hamburg, des cribes the move as “swindling with for mer German protectorate”.