“Good Old Ways’’
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TWO Works and Housing Depart ment men who returned to Brisbane in February said that the good old days in New Guinea, when they got £lB to £2O per week, plus overtime, and were fed at an official mess at 16/- per week, were now gone. They said that as over time had been cut out, they re ceived only £lB or £2O per week, while the Government had raised the charge for board and lodging to £3. Consequently, where they used to save £2O per pay, they could now save only £l2.
Sixteen students from New Cale donia recently spent two weeks in Australia as a reward for scholastic* ability.