100 Per Cent.!
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Moresby's Increase in Public Servants
Letter to the Editor PRELIMINARY census figures show that the population of Port Moresby rose from 600 in 1939 to nearly 1400 in 1946.
No new industries have been started in the vicinity of Moresby, and those elsewhere in the Territory are running on half-throttle or not at all.
This increase in town population can only be in the Civil Service.
Australia is reputedly short of man power, despite Mr. Calwells’ efforts around the European and North African ghettos.
Surely the increase in local population would be better employed in Australia, producing something to eat, wear, or use.
Or they might relieve those members of the Waterside Workers’ Union who are rushing off to enlist in the Indonesian Army.
I am, etc.,
G. T. Gemmell.
Mariboi Estate, Papua.
August 3, 1947.
Bastile Day celebrations in Papeete were postponed until July 27, because of a severe outbreak of influenza. Although, generally, not of a severe nature, the epidemic invaded almost every household; and business in Papeete, in the early part of July, was at a standstill.