Jail For Native Forger

From Our Own Correspondent

Port Moresby, April 20.

IN the Supreme Court of Papua-New Guinea on April 14, Guba Guba, a native clerk of Elevala Village,, Port Moresby, was tried by Mr. Justice Gore on four charges of forgery.

He was found guilty on all charges and sentenced to imprisonment for three years.

Over a period of several months, the accused, who was Treasurer of the Elevala-Tanobada Co-operative Society (a native consumer co-operative), forged Commonwealth Bank withdrawal slips and thereby obtained over £2OO from the Society’s funds, without authority.