Should be Covered by
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Lost Goods
Should be Covered by War Insurance
THE following motion will be submit ted at an early meeting of the executive of the Pacific Territories Association. Its significance will be appreciated by those merchants who have lost large and valuable stocks in Papua and New Guinea;— “That this organisation make repre sentation, to the appropriate quarter, that all stocks of merchandise and plant left in Papua, subsequent to February 12, 1942, when the firms and civilian popu lation were compulsorily evacuated from the Territory, be included for protection under the War Damage Insurance Scheme, on the grounds that such mer chandise and plant were left under the care and jurisdiction of the Army.”
The irregular appearance of news bulletins from various Territories of the Pacific, usually published regularly in this journal, is due, of course, to the irregularity of shipping and mail services under wartime conditions. In the old days, we knew, within an hour, when Pacific mails would arrive and depart.
To-day, although mails come in with surprising frequency, we cannot even guess when they are coming. More often than not, interesting news budgets arrive in the “PIM” office a few hours after the journal has gone to press.