Records
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New Guinea's Lost Records Canberra Acts After 2½ Years
AFTER a lapse of 2i years, the Com monwealth Government has at last done something about the statistical records of the Mandated Territory of New Gumea that were lost when the Japanese invaded the Territory.
During the invasion period, all records —including those of births, deaths and marriages—were lost. This caused trouble and inconvenience to many Territorians; but, although Canberra promised action on several occasions, nothing was done until August 14 of this year. Regulations issued on that date, under the National Security Act, authorise the opening of duplicate registers and the entry in them under certain conditions, of such particu lars as may reasonably be presumed to have been entered in the lost registers.