Bishop Strong Indignant Over Col. Murray's Retirement

UST when it seemed that the flurry over Colonel Murray’s retirement d died away, it was revived by a blic statement in Australian news pers on June 10 by Dr. Strong, iglican Bishop of New Guinea.

Ihe Bishop said that deplorable litical considerations had brought jut the removal of Colonel Mur r, that his retirement’ was a dis vice to NG and especially to the lives; and he appealed to the hop of London and the Australian me Minister for review of the tter. rerritories Minister replied that ive welfare and administrative ciency were the chief considera te of the Government in making inges; and the retirement of lonel Murray would stand. nvited by Sydney “Daily Tele

graph” to comment, the editor of PIM (Mr. R. W. Robson) on June 11 gave details of the way in which Colonel Murray, by placing himself officially and politically “offside” in the early days had crippled his Ad ministration. He asked: Which system does Bishop Strong think will ultimately benefit the natives—an efficient and tough Administration, which will make the economic de velopment and effective defence of PNG its first consideration, or a namby-pamby policy dictated by Planners—which inevitably will open the way to the penetration of New Guinea by Asiatics?

The Customs Inquiry Committee under Professor S. J. Butlin visited Wau on May 14, held a Public Meet ing in the Memorial Hall and later met the Town Advisory Council.