Handbook of Papua
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For Your Library Handbook of Papua & New Guinea 1954
The Handbook of Papua and New Guinea, 1954, is now on sale throughout the Pacific Islands and Australia. Price is 15/- (posted: 1/extra within British Empire; Foreign, 1/9) or $2.00 U.S. (in
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Comprising 320 pages, with a special map of the two Territories, it contains all details of the administrative and com mercial organisation In both Papua and New Guinea, plus a complete list of all European residents.
There is a description of each of the 15 Districts, with some local maps; a list of all Departmental officers, showing correct names, titles and positions; lists of all trading firms In each District; details of all communications—such as airfields, radiophone networks, timetables; lists of fees and taxes; the Customs tariff.
The structure of the Administration is described, with an outline of the activities and responsibilities of each Department.
A section is devoted to the Statistics of the combined Territory.
There are particulars of commerce and industry, and of the Missions.
This is a Handbook which any person dealing in any way with Papua and New Guinea must have on his desk.
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status, and their economic sub ordination to an hereditary aristocracy.
TOP—Dramatic moment in the hours of the West Samoa Conven when High Chief Mataafa Faum Flame M. II rose to denounce the res[?] mendations about the Head of State in an impassioned burst of Polyn oratory, put forward the tradit claims of the Mataafa family to position. It is said by some observers after this schism the Convention brought to a close with some haste.
Hon. Tamasese and Malietoa were a as joint chairmen.
CENTRE—Some of the European gates to the Convention. Front row,, to right—Hon H. W. Moors, MLA, G. D. F. Betham, MLA, Hon. A., Gurau, MLA. Behind them are Me K. Meyer, H. Retzlaff. T. Odtt an Annandale.
LOWER —An informal shot of Tupua Tamasese, the High Commissi; (Mr. G. R. Powles) and Hon. Mall Tanumafili II, taken a few minutes bn the High Commissioner formally c: the Constitutional Convention. The vention recommended that the Hean State be shared jointly by the two fair —Malietoa and Tamasese.