Pacific Comm’N
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Sydney Jurist For S.
Appointment of Professor K. O.
Shatwell
ON the eve of his departure for Europe and the United States, the Austra nan Minister for External Affairs and External Territories (Mr. Spender) announced that Professor K. O. Shatwell, H? al i ls Rr ofessor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law at Sydney University, had been appointed a Commissioner to represent Australia on the South Pacific Commission. ™ He « ta f es the place of the Rev. Dr. J. w Burton, who resigned recently, and whom Mr. Spender thanked for valuable service given since the inception of the Commission.
The new appointment caused some sur- Pr °lessor Shatwell, is distinguished irJ? e acad emic world, but he does not appear to have any special knowledge J* administrative problems of the So?5 lcal territories of the Pacific. From 1934 until a couple of years ago, Pro fessor Shatwell—who holds the degrees B A and BCL of Oxford-was Profes sor of Law at the University of Tas paiHa; and then he became head of the Faculty of Law in Sydney. n fnations each appoint two members the iSouth Pacific Commission; and all the other Commissioners have, or have Islands° m a e fla^ Se connection Pacific Au ? ralian representation is im soontihici f becaus l e Australia—being re- South bl pf?m SO i a f ge a Proportion of the ar Pfl h M^ aclfi K Islands’ population and of tb? ™ abo Ht one third of the cost fluprlfiocorsaruscition, and necessarily in tealK ntw £ ollcy a " d activ iMes. ' Aus- Ha iifdJ 3th o r Commissioner is Mr. J. R ftWTL" the apartment