Papua-N. Guinea Debate
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Awaited
TT was not expected early in September I that the debate by the Australian Parliament on the Papua-New Guinea Bill would commence much before the end of September.
The Bill was introduced last June, in order to provide for a merger of the administrative systems of the old Australian Territory of Papua and the Trusteeship Territory of New Guinea; and it has been under scrutiny since by the United Nations and its Trusteeship Counert Members of the Opposition have been gathering together a good deal of material in recent weeks relating to the Australian Territories, and it is likely that the Administration of Mr. E. J.
Ward will be under heavy fire during the debate. •