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rRUSTEESHIP Council control over Pacific Islands Territories generally is a useless, negative astern; but it at least does provide eserving politicians with pleasant >lands jaunts at the public expense.
A party of nearly a dozen politici ns and officials has just concluded Pacific Islands tour embracing New Guinea and Western amoa; and now another visitation i being arranged for Nauru.
Nauru is hard to find on the map -a pin-point near the equator, orth of the Solomons. It has only few hundred natives, but its hosphate is worth many millions. ; is in the joint care of Australia, ritain and New Zealand, under rusteeship.
A party of 6 Australian politicians I Government, 3 Labour) is being (ranged under Senator Laught’s adership to proceed to Nauru in ily to “inspect.” They will be dned on the phosphate ship rienza in June by similar parties om NZ and Britain. They will be vay for at least a month. (Any stive man could inspect Nauru in ae day).