[?]Des Australia

[?]Eed Help

[?]N New Guinea?

i WELL-INFORMED and thought la. ful article on the future of New Guinea, in the Tamworth NSW) Leader, ends with these

iteresting paragraphs:—

“Can Australia ever find enough oney to open up this big island id at the same time provide a igher standard of living for dllions of natives? Stronger nancial nations would find such liability a big one to carry.

“Australia, with its own colossal svelopment problems, should not lake any pretence that it can also andle the problems of New uinea.

“We can, of course, hold our tal defence interests there. But e are displaying excessive vanity i trying to make the rest of the orld believe we are able to sustain lis New Guinea burden without elp from other nations whose iterests are identical with our vn.”

Mr. Alfred Wendt, of Penang, iji is to visit the United Kingdom us year as the guest of the British luncil. He will be in the UK for )out six weeks, sightseeing, visit ig welfare centres and, as he is i enthusiastic cricketer, seeing >unty and representative cricket atches. Mr. Wendt is the fourth lji resident to visit the UK as ntish Council guest. Others were [ r R R. Caten, Joeli Ravai and . Raghvanand.

Captain Bernard Pirault, master the Makatea schooner Oiseau des es, was guest speaker at the Auck nd French Club meeting on July His subject was “Tahiti.”