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rYOUNG Papuan or New Guinea I offender who was caned or Jged for a misdemeanour would er less than if he were jrisoned, said the Australian ritories Minister (Mr. Paul sluck) when replying in Parliament

a question about corporal punish

it. he Minister had been asked if •tralia had refused a United lons request to abolish corporal ■shment. [e said that flogging in Papua i New Guinea was usually pd to juvenile offenders, rhis is not flogging in the baric sense, like the cat-o’-nine I, but punishment with a cane,” continued.

Ihe imposition of these canings pore appropriate for juveniles n imprisonment or holding p. in restraint. The only other ;s of caning are for certain pees of violence which would I be punishable by caning or ging in Australia, h recent years the number of ishments by flogging or bping or caning has decreased.” utside the House, Mr. Hasluck [there had been only 12 cases iorporal punishment in the last I years, and only four of these [occurred since 1952.

I ten of the cases, punishment [ been six or fewer strokes of pane, in one eight, and in the lr 12 strokes.

E annual report of the of Papua states that Suveniles sentenced to corporal Ishment are flogged with a

cane or strap. Women and girls do not have to suffer corporal punish ment.

The trend of “modernity” is reflected in the report’s list of offences tried in native courts this year.

The most common offences were riotous behaviour (829 convictions), gambling (642), assault (535), drinking liquor (82), escaping from fs3) an d obscene language

Members of the 39th graduating class of the Eastern Samoan School of Nursing received their diplomas at Pago Pago on August 25. [?]t to right: Nurses Salumalo Vila, Fa'aulufalega Peai, Katerina Ameperosa, Aiga Maluia and Tu'uloto Lesa, Vaovai Tuinei, Peneueta [?]galilo, Talaia Fanoga, Vira Leota and Faitupe Liulamaga. A special prize was awarded to Nurse Ameperosa as the outstanding student the class.-Photo by Pan American Prints.