[?]Inister Indicates

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[?]F Norfolk Is.

lAVING paid Norfolk Island, in March, an official visit, the ustralian Minister for Territories Ir. Hasluck), who was accompanied r Secretary C. R. Lambert, de ired firmly against commercial de lopment. Australia has one of the yeliest places on earth only six urs' flight from Sydney, he said; ; us keep it so.

“I do not think that intensive de lopment of Norfolk Island is cessary, or justifiable,” he said.

Iv own purpose will rather be •ected towards preserving un anged in Norfolk Island its beauty d its peace. These are resources lich are far more precious than uld ever be discovered in any in isive attempts to develop the is id for commercial benefit. ‘At the same time, there are cer n possibilities for improvements in ming and grazing, partly to help : island to produce food for itself i partly to provide, through the aort of selected high-price crops, :ash income. There are also readier ssibilities of adding to that in- Tie through the tourist trade.

Nature has done in Norfolk Island a work that man could never do and which we must be careful not to spoil.”