Australians Remain In

Territory

MANY Australian soldiers are taking their discharges here, and remain ing on in the Territory, rather than go to Australia, where they have no cer tainty of getting a suitable job.

It appears to be the policy of the Ad ministration to take as many of these lads as possible onto the staff of the Public Works Department.

Captain A. S. Fitch, founder of Steam ship Trading Co. Ltd., of Papua, has decided to retire from the managing directorship of his Company about March, 1947; and then he probably will enjoy a world tour and a long deferred visit to Old England. His Company was already well established before World War II; but it was in danger of crippling losses when evacuation was ordered in 1942, before the advancing Jap invasion. That it came through that critical period in good shape was due largely to Captain Fitch and his co-directors, who person ally spent most of the war years in Port Moresby guarding their property as best they could.