Food Supplies In New

Guinea

Letter to the Editor IN a recent issue of the “P.1.M.” there was a contribution from your corres pondent in Rabaul, titled “Not So Tough”.

It would appear that your correspond ent in Rabaul is not able to visualise the conditions at a place if he is not liv ing at that particular place, and_ as Rabaul suffers less, being the capital, than anv other part of the Territory when abnormal conditions exist, your corresnondent being quite comfortable, considers that others should not com nlain if they should have services they have be Q n accustomed to suddenly taken from them.

This unexpected shipping curtailment caused a severe shortage of both fresh and tinned supplies in the Sepik District.

If your correspondent was not able to nurchase anything at any of the stores in Rabaul. neither fresh foods from the freezers nor tinned foods from the stores, I have no doubt he would be sending you contributions about their suffering, narticularly if it should be an easy matter to rectifv the complaints.

For the men only, the shortage of food here was not so serious, as they are still as tough as ever: but there are women and children at Wewak and it is verv necessary particularly for the children, to have good foods, if they are to keen good health.

If your correspondent in Rabaul con siders himself tough, he would possibly do more good for New Guinea if he were to go out in the bush, instead of living in comfort and amongst luxuries in Rabaul and help to onen new country.

Thanks to the Administrator, a liner is now making Wewak a port of call.

I am, etc.,

A Wewak Resident With Family.

Wp\vak. N G. 10/5/1940.

Mr, J. J. Murray, who was well-known in the Cook Islands as a trader and nlanter, left by “Matua” recently to take up residence in New Zealand.

Mr. J. Taylor has taken up the position of head teacher at the school on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands, replacing Mr. F. H.

Cotton, who left the Group recently.