Ex-Police Commissioner

Leaves Papua-N. Guinea

WHEN the Bulolo sailed from Port Moresby, on October 18, Colonel J. S. Grimshaw, who had been Police Commissioner in Papua and New Guinea since 1947, together with Mrs. Grimshaw, left the Terri tory.

Two days later, Col. Grimshaw’s resignation from the Administration became effective.

His resignation followed his suspension from office in September and a departmental inquiry, after which he was demoted to a job (un specified) in the Department of District Services. His suspension concerned £25 worth of ' clothing (see October PIM).

Official secrecy surrounds the in quiry and what transpired there.

Neither Col. Grimshaw nor the Ad ministration would comment on any of the events which led up to his leaving the Territory.

Port Moresby and other Territory residents are naturally interested and there had been some public misgivings on the score that the Police Commissioner might have been “got at.”

The Grimshaw affair had its only public airing in a brief debate at the October meeting of the Moresby Advisory Council when Mr. Vince Sanders sought to have the find ings made public. He said that there had been rumours that the whole incident was due to personal dis like or had been politically en gineered. , The president of the TAG, Mr.

E. A. James, said that it was out side the province of the Council— as far as he knew no action had been taken against Colonel Grim shaw as a citizen. .

Other members said that Grim shaw had the right to appeal against his demotion but had not exefcised this right. And at that stage the matter was dropped.

Acting Commissioner

Superintendent C. Normoyle has been provisionally promoted to the position of P-NG Police Commis sioner. „ . , This has generally pleased re sidents of the Territory—par ticularly those on the “other side where the Superintendent and his wife are well-known and popular.

fl A son was born to Dr. and Mrs.

Romans, of Rarotonga, on Sp.P" tember 22. Dr. Romans is Cruel Medical Officer in the Cooks.

Nauru’s remaining phosphate re sources were recently estimated at 60 million tons, which is 60 years supplies at the present rate of shipment.