Tng Mining Regs
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Amendment
mHE Mining Ordinance 1928-1940 of the J. Territory of New Guinea has been amended, as from February 8, 1947, by the additional Regulation:— “1478. Notwithstanding anything con tained in these Regulations no proceedings of any kind shall be taken, before the first day of January, 1948, or before such earlier date as the Administrator may specify by notice published in the Gazette, for the forfeiture of any mining tenement authoritv licence or right under the ‘Mining Ordinance 1928-1940’ or the repealed Ordinance, without the permis sion of the Administrator.”
Mr. Gilbert Renton, well-known New Guinea resident, arrived in Sydney re
cently from Rabaul, where he has been taking an active part in rehabilitating the town. Mr. Renton will spend a short period in Sydney before proceeding to England on a business trip.
Mr. Dyson Hore-Lacy, planter, of Garua estate in the Talasea district of New Britain, was a visitor to Sydney in May.
Mrs. W. A. Dupain, whose husband is BP manager in Cairns, recently made a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Tom Stokes, in Melbourne. Returning by air she broke the journey in Sydney to meet a few of her old friends and lunched at Prince’s with Lady Jordan and Mrs. Phillip Bushell. Mrs. Dupain was a well-known hostess some years ago, both in Rabaul and Port Moresby.
Lieut-Colonel Tom Grahamslaw, OBE, Superintendent of Stores in Port Moresby, is spending a short holiday in Australia.