To Help Small Miners In
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New Guinea
IN order that relief may be afforded small miners and prospectors on the New Guinea goldfields it has been de cided by the Australian Federal author ity to introduce legislation at the Sep tember meeting of the New Guinea Legis lative Council whereby miners, in certain circumstances will be relieved of the ob ligation to pay royalty on gold exported.
This information was conveyed by Mr.
Green. M.P., to the August meeting of the Labour Party in Wau.
This relief, while welcome, will not be
of much assistance to the small miners.
The two chief reforms which they re quire are the introductions of cheaper transport and the restoration to them of the right to enter upon land held and not used by big concerns, and there peg small areas which they may work with dish and box —virtually, the reintroduc tion of Section 38A of the Mining Ordin ance.
Mr. Les. Maguire, of Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., Rabaul, New Guinea, arrived in Australia at the end of August by the “Macdhui” on leave. After his furlough, he will join B.P.’s branch at Darwin.