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Mr. A. A. Roberts
r 1 was announced in Port Moresby in mid-November that Mr. A. A.
Roberts had been appointed Director of District Services and Native Affairs in succession to Mr.
J. H. Jones, who is now an officer of the Department of Territories in Canberra.
Mr. Roberts joined the New Guinea Administration as a cadet patrol-officer in 1925 and is the sole remaining member of that 1925 group now remaining in the Public Service of Papua-New Guinea. He is also the first man who, having entered the service as a cadet has
reached the top as Director of his department.
Mr. Roberts was sworn in as a new member at the Legislative Council meeting in Moresby in No vember.
Mr. Jones visited the Territory in November for discussions with vari ous representative organisations in relation to the new native labour ordinance.
H Prince Tugi, Premier of Tonga, paid a two week’s visit to Auckland in November, travelling by PAA and TEAL aircraft. While in Auckland he resided at Atalanga, Queen Salote’s Auckland home.