No Drinking Permits Yet
p. 19 · Read in the full issue
For P-Ng Natives
liquor has been decided-temporarily, at least P " k
Brigadier d. m. cleland, Administrator of the Territory announced, on June 28, that section of the Ordinance * glves the Administrator t 0 exe i n P t Persons from the provisions of the ordinance will being” 6 proceeded with for the time The Bill for the Native Liquor 2 r -Si5 a .? ce was forced through the P-NG Legislative Council last year Clause 8, which relates to the exempting of certain natives from prohibition, at the Administrator’s discretion, was fought by virtually all of the non-official members of the Council.
Since then, it has been con demned by missions, the RSSATLA and various Town and District Ad visory Councils.
The Administrator’s announce nent is a victory for public opinion -although a great number of P-NG ■esidents would like to see the ordinance repealed. While it is here, they feel that it can be used.
Although some point was given o the Administration side of the ase by the two Native Medical h-actitioners, graduates from Suva ledical School, who were recently ined for drinking alcohol, the eneral opinion is that total pro iibition is in the interest of the stives generally, in the present fcage of their development. The “ w educated natives who are ether ise required to live as Europeans ill have to suffer for the good of le many.
The Ordinance, whether clause 8 proceeded with or not, will not revent some natives from drink ig. But a sprinkling of permitted rinkers through the native com unity, would not make the task of ?eping liquor from those without ;rmits, any easier.
Mr. C. D. Rowley, principal of ie Australian School of Pacific Sydney, since 1950, is been invited by UNESCO (the iucational, scientific and cultural ganisation of the United Nations) study tliC': conditions of adult ucation in certain parts of the ■ient and especially in Laos, imtodia and Vietnam (in Indo lina) and in Japan, Philippines d Indonesia. If granted leave by e Australian Government, Mr. •wley probably will depart in No nber, and will be away for six mths on his very interesting ssion.