[?] Hospital Finance

[?]Aul Tac Discusses

[?]Arves

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Rabaul, Nov. 25.

the November meeting- of the Rabaul Town Advisory Council, acillors again debated the ques of port facilities with the accent and for slipways and workshops small ships of which there are registered at the port of Rabaul. fr. J. Chinper said that p.re the area east of Hap King’s was a forest of masts, and fact that the Germans had used r small ships indicated that ex nce had proved it to be most ble. om the information available it s that the area west of Han s has been set aside for small ; this would place them at the y of a south-east blow. In de- Councillors appeared to have opinions but none of the

motions submitted were passed.

The meeting learned that lack of funds was the reason for the present dilapidated state of the European Hospital and Sisters’ quarters. Mr.

Chipper drew attention to the fact that of the £690,700 allocated for hospital construction for the next financial year, Papua was to receive £604,500, the New Guinea Main land £42,800 and New Guinea Islands £23,400.

Non-Official Ip's

Mr. Dudley Jones outlined the dangers inherent in a judicial system where a junior member of the Ad ministration, acting in his capacity as a Justice of the Peace, might have to

decide a case involving a senior member. It was moved that the Dis trict Commissioner be asked to raise again the matter of the appointment of non-Government officials as IP’s.

Council considers it imperative that some IP’s be non-Government offi cials.

Mr. Peter Maurice Worsley, of the Australian National University, who a few months ago was refused a permit to go to New Guinea on the grounds that his presence would not be in the interests of the natives, will spend a year doing anthropolo gical work on Groote Eylandt.

Northern Territory. His wife will accompany him.