The Rss & Aila In New Guinea
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rE annual State Conference of the New Guinea Branch of the Returned Sailors’ Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Im perial League of Australia was held in Rabaul on March 9. This was the first Conference since the Japanese invasion of the Territory in 1942.
The chief aim of the Conference was
to establish the League 'on a firm and active basis throughout the Territory.
A wide variety of ex-Servicemen’s prob lems was brought up by the attending delegates. Included in the many issues the League intends to support, are: (1) Soldier Land Settlement in the Territory similar to the scheme operating in Aus tralia; (2) The reduction of duties on Australian exports to the Territory—par ticularly on such commodities as rice; (3) The appointment of a Deputy Commis sioner of Repatriation for the Territory, with residence at Port Moresby; and modification of Repatriation Regulations to suit New Guinea conditions.
Some members of the New Guinea RSSAILA who attended the Conference: Left to right— D. Barrett, J.E.L. Clark, V. W. Maxwell, V.
Pennefather, E. Hitchcock, H. T. Allan. S. B.
Barker D. J. Poole,