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War Damage for Milne Bay Natives
From a Special Correspondent January 30, 1947 IN Milne Bay the shovelling out of cash to the natives as war damage compen sation goes on apace. The final figure for Milne Bay will be very close to £200,000. No census has been taken for some time but it is extremely doubtful if there are over 5000 natives altogether who will receive compensation. This in cludes children.
Europeans in the area are still await ing some action from War Damage re garding their plantations their life’s work in many cases.
As things look at present, it would not be at all surprising to see the chief native clerk at Moresby in the running as the next Governor-General of Australia. The natives are fast being educated down to our level. Or are we being dragged up to theirs?
Mis Peggy Byron, a former secretary of the Brisbane New Guinea Association, returned to New Guinea by plane in Jan uary. She is now attached to the Edu cation Department in the territory.