Officials Vague Regarding Wau-
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Salamaua Road
WHEN the Legislative Council met in New' Guinea at the end of April Mr. Mullaly pressed the Director of Public Works for some information about the construction of the Salamaua-Wau Road. All he was told, however, is that the matter is still “being considered” by the Australian Government, and that the estimated cost of the road is between £230,000 and £260,000, to which must be added survey and supervision costs, estimated at £30,000.
Another set of questions designed to get information about this road project was submitted by Mr. Harold Taylour, but substantially the same evasive answers were given. It was added that the total length of the Buisaval route was about 49 miles, and that the esti mates of cost were based on a total width of 20 feet. It was considered that a road with a total width of 14 which, it was argued, would be much cheaper—would not be serviceable.
Ratu Josef a Lalabalavu Vanaaliali Sukuna, CBE, a member of the Legisla tive Council of Fiji, .was unanimously requested by the annual meeting of the Pacific Islands Society in Sydney to accept the office of honorary vice president in recognition of his out standing services in that Colony. Ratu Sukuna, who is a barrister of the Middle Temple, served with the French Foreign Legion in the last war. He visited Eng land for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937.