Papua-New Guinea

New Minister’s Visit To Papua-New Guinea

THE Australian Minister for Territories, Mr. Paul Hasluck. accompanied bv the new Secretary of the Department tMr. Lambert) and nroHablv bv Mrs.

Hasluck, proposes to visit the main centres of Paoua-New Guinea in August. He will spend a fcfrtnight there, making a quick inspection of localities where some local knowledge is necessary; and he Wans to return to the Territories later, to spend another month on a more detailed inspec tion.

The Administrator, Colonel J. K. Mur ray, and Mrs. Murray, were the guests of the Australian Governor-General in Can berra during the Jubilee celebrations: and, during this time, the Minister and the Administrator discussed Territories affairs at a series of conferences.