Papuans Get £454 Compensation
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For Aerodrome Land
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, August 20.
MR. Justice Gore yesterday gave reserved judgment in the Central Court in the suit brought by natives of Kila Kila against the Admin istration of Papua seeking compensa tion for land resumed as an aerodrome.
He ordered the sum of £454 to be paid to the natives, with costs to be fixed later. When the areas concerned were taken for use as Kila Kila airport, the Government offered the villagers £269, but this was refused, the natives claim ing £4,478 (£5O an acre).
Mr. C. Johnston, Assistant Colonial Secretary in Fiji, returned to Suva from Hong Kong in mid-August by the new Government vessel “Viti”.