Temporary Jobs
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Papuan Public Servants in Temporary Jobs
A NUMBER of members of the Papuan Public Service are now engaged in urgent war work in Sydney. Among them are Mr. Tom Lowney, late private secretary in the Papuan Administration, who is now employed on the Munitions Board, and Mr. H. W. Hardy, late Regis trar of Titles, who is on the staff of the Shipping Board. Mr. W. R. Humphries, late Magistrate at Port Moresby, is now filling an important Federal job con nected with the legal side.
A “tiger for work” —a reputation he earned when he controlled the Papuan Treasury—Mr. S. Smith, a veteran with 26 years’ service, is now busy in Sydney with a host of matters connected with the Administration affairs of Papua. His office is on the Bth floor of Grace Build ing, in York Street, and associated with him in this task is Mr. E. H. Dettman, late Collector of Customs at Port Moresby, and Mr. A. N. Minogue, late Clerk of the Treasury. The latter officers have a service record of 20 and 18 years respectively—a great team.
On the sth floor of Grace Building, in York Street, are the offices of the NG Trade Agency, and they are the ren dezvous of all Islands people in search of information or assistance of various kinds. Those officers of the late Papuan Administration engaged in this busy bureau are Mr. T. Byrne (late Registrar of Titles in Papua) and Mr. E. E. Wash ington. The former is a veteran of the PS, with 26 years to his credit, and the latter with 18 years’ service, most of which time he was engaged in the Lands Department. Both of these highly-quali fied officials, working under the direction of Mr. S. Smith, are engaged in work connected with war damage, and the clearing up of accounts. As Secretary of the Papuan Superannuation Fund, Mr.
Washington is also attending to all mat ters connected with that important department.
Mr. Oscar Corbett, foreman in the Fiji Public Works Department, is at pre sent on two months’ leave in New Zea land. He is a well known engineer of the Works section of the Civil Service, having been employed in that branch for 30 years—at different periods he has been assistant engineer on the “Ran adi”, first engineering officer on HMCS “Pioneer”, and Public Works Inspector.