N.G. Rifles' O.C. Resigns

Prom Our Own Correspondent

Rabaul, Feb. 3.

A REQUEST to be relieved of his ap pointment as officer commanding the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles has been submitted by Lieutenant-Colonel C.

R. Field, who has been in charge of the organisation since it was created. His decision —which, it is understood, is due to the pressure of his ordinary work Director of Public Works—has been re ceived with marked regret by both offi cers and men, as he is personally popu lar and was regarded as a highly effi cient military officer.

Rev. John Bodger, head of the Angli can Mission, Dogura, Eastern Papua, has been appointed a member of the Legis lative Council of Papua.

Major Stuart Love, well known mining engineer, will shortly visit Papua in con nection with mining interests on Misima Island.