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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1953Vol. XXIII, No. 10

Ng Cost Of Living

p. 115 · Read in the full issue

Ow Part

F Ps Salaries

From Our Own Correspondent

Port Moresby, April 30.

IHE Public Service Regulations . of Papua and New Guinea have been amended to permit e transfer of a portion of the >st-of-Living allowance to stan rd salary rates. On salaries for ult males, £204 a year is to be msferred to the standard salary; r women officers £161; minors of -20 years, £136, and minors under years, £lO2. Since the current )L variation wijl be reduced by rresponding amounts, there will no actual change in the amount salary being paid to public ser nts. If the COL should fall arply, however, Territory public wants will benefit accordingly. \ son was born to the Rev. and ■s. G. Lutton, on April 16, at the manula Hospital, Rabaul, New linea.