Con Pappas Likes

New Guinea

MR. CON PAPPAS has returned to Australia on leave after six years in Papua-New. Guinea with Anderson’s Industries (which has done much to solve the Terri tory’s meat problems), full of enthusiasm for life Up North.

Reported at length in the news paper of the NSW country town where he had lived previously, he said: — That there was no racial an tagonism, or fears for future security; New Guinea boys were wonderful workers, good learners and fine people. The missions do a fine job in training them in all trades. There were big develop ments in industry, and living con ditions were excellent. Living is cheap—no sales tax or income tax which makes goods cheaper while people have more money. Tropical fruits are plentiful at next to nothing. The Works and Housing Dept, and the Commonwealth Gov ernment have done a “most re markable job’’; there was now no real danger of tropical diseases and the education of all is most effectivelv carried out by the Federal Government and missions.

Well, Mr. Pappas’ opinion makes a nice change. There may even be something in it —why else would

people continue to go back there year after year, if the picture were as black as some would have us believe?—J.T.

Sister Lois Blaess, Lutheran medical mission worker in New Guinea, returned to Australia in January after a year’s service.