A New Guinea Pipe Line
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THERE has been no report publishea yet from Mr. T. Grahamslaw, who. as a Royal Commissioner, sat in Port Moresby and Lae recently to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the sale to Mr. J. M. Bourke for £4OO of a length of pipe-line in the Lae area.
An important witness was Mr. Slee, in charge of the Disposals section of the Treasury, who said that the only offer for the pipe-line, apart from that of Mr.
Bourke, was £5O. Before he sold to Mr.
Bourke, he detailed another officer, Mr.
Watson, to ascertain whether the pipe line was of any use to the Government Deoartments- The inquiry seems to have been in stigated by the Commonwealth Govern ment. Mr. N. A. White appeared for Mr.
Bourke, and Mr. A. C. Jones assisted the Commissioner.