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Federal Parliamentarians
AT least eight members of the Aus? tralian Federal Parliament visite« Papua-New Guinea during the cur--: rent winter recess. Some went by ain others travelled on the Bulolo.
They were: Parliamentary Under-sec-i retary Howse (External TerritoriesK whose visit was official: Malcolm McColm, MHR (Qld.): F. M. Osborn©
Mhr (Nsw); T. F. Timson, Mhh
(Vic.); D. H. Drummond. MHR (NSW) ( Senator O’Bryne (Tas.); F. M. Dalw
Mhr (Nsw); L. G. Fades, Mhh
(Nsw).
The last two gentlemen, said a Tas-c manian paper, were going to visit thu “farm of Mr. J. D. Hallstrom, in Pon Moresby.”
It probably is a good thing, on th«x whole, that politicians see something oo present-day Papua and New Guineas Unfortunately, the progress of VIP r< through the Territory is usually madi: unnaturally smooth —officials in their bess bibs and tuckers, whose only thought ii to please, no red tape, no delay, transs port to command, and thousands oo smiling, happy fuzzy-wuzzy angels goo ing through their paces. It bears littll resemblance to the existence lived bo the great majority. However, it is unr likely that any politician could find thr time to spend six months on an isolates plantation; or run a small schoonen or make a patrol, on foot, into unn controlled country; or even to experienco the ordinary frustrations and delays oo life in a small township.
A number of the travelling parliamenn tarians, interviewed before they left Ausa tralia (a) made it quite clear that the;s were paying their own fares; (b) sari they would be away for only two oo three weeks; (c) said they intended ti “study, at first hand, what condition! were like in Papua-New Guinea.”
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. D. H Stubbs, of Tulagi, 8.5.1., at the Centra* Hospital, Honiara, on June 23.