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Dr. Van Baal New
Dutch New Guinea
DR. JAN VAN BAAL, who form erly held high posts in Educa tion and Native Affairs in Dutch New Guinea, has been appointed Governor of that Terri tory, in succession to Mr. van Waar denburg.
Dr. van Baal is well-known in the South Pacific. He has been closely associated with the work of the South Pacific Commission and the Pacific Science Congress, and he has been a frequent visitor to Aus tralia. He has represented the Netherlands at UNO conferences, and was elected a member of the Netherlands Parliament last Sep tember. He will take over at Hol landia on April 1.