Holiday on September 13
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Papua-New Guinea Has a Holiday on September 13
SEPTEMBER 13 will be a public holiday in Papua and New Guinea this year.
For the residents of New Guinea (former Mandate) it is to mark the an niversary of the capture of the Territory from the Germans on September 12, 1914.
Papuans will commemorate the founda tion of the Possession of British New Guinea on September 4, 1888.
Tenders are being invited for the con struction of permanent general hospitals at Kavieng (New Ireland) and Sohana (Bougainville) in New Guinea.
Among the festivities arranged in Noumea during the visit of the Austra lian destroyer “Arunta,” flying the flag of Admiral Farncomb, was a public ball at the Hotel de Ville, presided over by the Mayor of Noumea and Mme. Sautot.
Governor-General Cournarie, and the Australian Admiral and his staff "were present.