Answer To Correspondent

Although the acting Government Secre tary in Port Moresby has courteously as sisted us in regard to your inquiry about Mr. P. McGrath, we have not been able to ascertain his address. We are advised, however, that you might get information if you inquire at the headquarters of the Northern Command, Brisbane, who pos sess the records of the former Bth Military District.

During the Pacific war, while the French Colonies were cut off from their mother-land, the Government of New Zealand accommodated French Oceania to the extent of some hundreds of franos. Recently, a settlement of the claim was effected. The settlement was made in francs; and New Zealand has used the funds to buy a Legation building for New Zealand in Paris.