Papua-N.Guinea
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The New Constitution
THE Bill to authorise a united Admin istration in Papua-New Guinea is expected to come before the Aus tralian Parliament during the present session, and should soon become law. It will establish and make permanent the present administrative system.
The Bill may have some surprises. It may provide for a Legislative Council for Europeans, for example. This is not ex pected; but Minister Ward seems deter mined to incorporate some sort of repre sentative chamber for natives in the new constitution. And how can he do this, while withholding some sort of repre sentation from Europeans?
The Bill has been giving the draughts men some headaches. It is not easy to amalgamate the administration of two Territories, one of which is simply an Australian Territory, and the other is held under a Trusteeship Agreement from the now half-moribund United Nations.
Mr. Reg Eginton, the active and popular manager of the two Port Moresby hotels, accompanied by Mrs. Eginton and daughter, Coleen, arrived in Sydney on leave in March. Mrs. Eginton came suc cessfully through a rather severe opera tion at Gloucester House at the end of March. The family expect to return to Moresby in May.