Acting-Minister In Papua and New Guinea
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New Guinea
THE Australian Minister for the Army, Mr. C. Chambers, who took over temporarily the Department of Ex ternal Territories from Mr. E. J. Ward (see article elsewhere), is at present in Papua-New Guinea, with Mr. J. R. Halli gan (secretary of the Department) ex amining some of the Territories’ more urgent problems. The latter include such matters as the future control of the copra industry, and the discontent in the public service—especially the unenviable situa tion of senior men who are now pension able. The party will return to Canberra about January 21.