High Cost of Administering
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Micronesia
The United States Senate has set aside a total of five million dollars for administration of the Trust Temtory of Micronesia during the 1955 fiscal year.
Of this, $700,000 is to be expended upon permanent construction. The Administration had asked for 1| million dollars for that purpose alone.
Population of the widely scattered Territory is 55,000. ff Mr. Les Clark, who now is soundly established as an Islands Agent in Sydney, is this month making a periodical tour of Papua and New Guinea. He is receiving a warm wel come from his old pre-war friends in Rabauh While he was abroad in recent months, Mr. Charles Sullivan, head of C. Sullivan Ltd., of Sydney, opened branch offices of his Com pany at 66 Victoria Street, London, and 20-22 Swanston Street, Auck land, NZ. In co-operation with Mr.
Claude Israel, Mr. Sullivan opened a branch in Suva, Fiji, some three years ago. The Auckland office is in charge of Mr. Alan M. Doull, as Managing Director of C. Sullivan (NZ) Ltd.