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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1955Vol. XXVI, No.5

Papuan Clubs to

p. 154 · Read in the full issue

Papua:Into

Line Again

Papuan Clubs to Be Licence

WITH apologies to Mr. E.

James, MLC for Papuan Ms land, who hates the phn we have to report that Papua again “come into line with I Guinea.”

This time it is in the matter clubs. Previously, only in I Guinea had clubs to be licenced, , from some date yet to be specitJ all clubs in Papua will also havr be licenced and pay licence fees. 7 will mean more paper-work someone, because acceptable accon ing and auditing systems willl demanded and returns will havi\ be made to the Licencing Comiu sioner at regular intervals.

In future, too, all licence feesa hotels, clubs, stores, etc., will! calculated on the amount of I chases of liquor—not on a fixed as previously.

Two more polio cases —a European man at Suva and i Indian man at Nadi—were repoo at the end of November, brin.r the total number of cases notf to 16.