Papua

Administrator of Papua

IT was announced by “Sydney Morn ing Herald”, on November 11, that Mr. Leonard Murray (official sec retary to the Government of Papua, and nephew of the late Sir Hubert Murray) was likely to be appointed Administrator of Papua.

The “PIM” was informed by the Prime Minister’s Department on November 11 that the appointment would be made by Cabinet, and that the next Cabinet meet ing would be about November 19. Certain formalities had been completed, and now there was nothing to further delay the appointment.

The marriage took place at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, on October 17, of Rev. H. Lawrence, Anglican Chaplain at Rabaul, and Miss Marie Bacon, of Lam beth Parish, London, who had arrived in Melbourne only two days earlier after a somewhat adventurous and lengthy voyage from England. The Rt. Rev.

Bishop Ashton officiated. Among those present at the ceremony and reception were Mr. and Mrs. Baden Jones, of Rabaul, at present on holidays in Vic toria; Mr. and Mrs. Graham Mirfield, of Mioko, Duke of Yorks, near Rabaul (Graham was in the uniform of the AIF); Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Groves, lately of Tulagi and formerly of New Guinea and Nauru.