Correction
p. 93 · Read in the full issue
IN the August issue of “PIM” our Port Moresby correspondent reported that, at a meeting of the combined Pub lic Service associations in August, it had been announced that parents of second ary school children would receive grants for their education in Australia —the cost of fares and £5O maintenance were men tioned.
This was not the case. The Admin istration is providing nothing towards secondary education of Papua-New Guinea children in Australia, whether their parents are Public Servants or not.
The only provision is for the payment of fares, with a limit of £45.
Norfolk Is.
Whaling
This photograph, which was sent in Hy Mr. Walter F. Adams, shows a Humpback Whale on a Norfolk Island beach being prepared for oil extraction The primitive methods used bere to harpoon and beach the whale are dangerous, and those who engage in the busi ness are rarely recompensed ade quately by the price the oil brings on the market.