40 Years In Papuan Service
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Prom Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, August 1.
MR. Lionel P. B. Armit, Chief Clerk in the Government Secretary’s Depart ment, who has the longest period of service on record in the Territory, having joined as far back as January, 1902, retired in July on superannuation. Most of his 40 years’ service was spent in the G.S. Department, which is the magis terial and administrative centre.
Mr. Armit is the son of Mr. W. E.
Armit, who saw service in the old days of the Yodda goldfield, and who did much to pacify the turbulent tribes of the Mambare and Kumusi Rivers when the field was first opened up by the early miners.
A Fijian clerk, Williami Gukisuva, ap peared in Suva Police Court on July 15, charged with forging no less than 34 cheques, for amounts ranging from £1 to £lO. He was also charged with theft and embezzlement while in the employ of the Viti Cauravou. He was remanded on bail.