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'Niuspepa Biong Yupela'
Welcome To The Lae 'Garamut'
From Our Own correspondent raf r>pt in
/Considerable Been
vy made on the Morobe goldfield area since civilians were permitted to re turn. Pioneering had to start all oyer again; but now the larger gold-mining companies hope soon to be in full pro duction. Populations have grown, and for a long time there has been need of a newspaper, circulating the district of Morobe, the Central Highlands District, and the district of Madang.
So No. 1 of Volume 1 of the “Lae
Garamut,” which was published by the Education Department, Lae, on October 11, is welcome. It is a 5-page newspaper roneod on foolscap paper. In half-inch block letters, “Lae Garamut” stands out in bold relief at the top of a stencilled village scene. Undulating country slopes
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“Namanula” a flag denotes the nerve centre of Administration headquarters, The lea^ing ar ticle is headed, “Gud dei o lgeta man, meri na pikinini! Niuspepa bilong yupela!” Then it says, in Pidgin, that the No j “kiap” (District Officer' belongs altogether Morobe District, Mr.
A A Roberts, ’e talk. . . chief of t he editorial staff is Mr. J. C.
Doonar. pre-war and present-day member of the Education Department, who left
Wau when war broke out to join the A.I.F. He saw service in the Middle East.
The sub-leader, entitled, “Lukaut gud long kaikai,” is an endeavour to instil into the native mind the urgent need to conserve rice and meat in view of the serious shortage of foodstuffs. It is a rather pessimistic item, intimating that the natives will starve unless they plant up their gardens.
Then there is a section on “Sikul Nius” (School News), and reports from the Rabaul School. Arrivals and departures of Administration officials receive some prominence, and there are two advertise ments seeking motor drivers at £2 to £6 per month and a native messenger for “Haus Bank No. 1.” If any “boy” would “like” this class of work he is beseeched to call on “Masta bilong Bank,” who ' ‘iken mekim sitaret.” “Shipping Nius” yives the comings and departures of islands steamers, and there is reference to the tough time the “Reynella” and “Cyrena” had when they ran aground on reefs off the Papuan border.
The feature of the “journal” is a full page of “Football Nius,” giving short de scriptions of how “Kompaund” beat “Dis trikt Offis —Boskuru,” and how Sgt.
Toniwa won the game for “Polis” v.
Qantas. The players’ names and dis tricts are given.
It is expected that Europeans will con tribute in basic English, and this may be a start in teaching natives simple English, which is favourable to the pre sent Administration’s policy.