Inquiry
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Finance Session—But No Financial Inquiry
THE meeting of the New Guinea Legis lative Council, held on June 15, was purely formal. The sitting lasted 10 minutes and the only business done was to pass supply for the period ending July, 1940. The newly appointed member of the Council. Rev. L. A. McArthur, was formally welcomed.
And that was all. None of the unoffi cial members apparently thought it worth while to question the Administrator about the financial condition of the terri tory, which is causing considerable con cern.
Mr. Ken Lewis, power house mechanic at Samarai, Papua, has left the Territory on a holiday visit to the East. He is be ing relieved by Mr. Harvey.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Stunzner, formerly of Tuvao Plantation, Western Samoa, left the Territory recently by the “Tisnaren” for Europe where they will live in future.
Mr. Stunzner, who had resided in Samoa for over 35 years, has been advised to live in a cooler climate.