Health Plan For New Guinea
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AN Australian specialist, Sir Henry Newland, will attend a British Colonal medical conference on tropi cal diseases in London in July.
On his return to Australia he will pre sent a report to the Federal Government which will be incorporated in the overall plan of development in Papua-New Guinea and the Northern Territory.
If the new 70-ton Stratocruisers to be put into service this year by Pan- American Airways are to use New Cale donia’s Tontouta airfield, the existing landing ground will have to be lengthened by 300 metres, to a total length of 2,100 metres. It was planned to finish this work by July 1.
The French metropolitan Government has made its usual grant to the New Hebrides French administration of 4,500,000 Pacific francs. Wallis and Futuna are also to receive a subsidy of 71,000 Pacific francs.