Import Licences Now

Necessary In New Guinea

Lae, Sept. 24.

HERE are many Territorians to-day who, feeling that they have had a raw deal, would willingly cut them selves off from Australia and be con sidered foreigners.

But the Australian Government likes to have it both ways. Territorians are charged foreign prices for all basic com modities—flour, tea, rice and such things that are supported by bounties for Aus tralian consumption—and, in addition, they now must have a licence from the local branch of the Department of Im port Procurement before they are per mitted to import goods or commodities from non-Australian sources.

This latest blessing was introduced in August.

It is said locally that shoes have be come a prohibited export in Australia and that no more shoes can be sent to the Territory. As no stocks are held in local stores, Territorians wonder what they are expected to do when their pre sent footwear wears out.