[?]Duke Overcomes Red-Tape Response to the Hungarian

[?]A-New Guinea Diary

[?]Duke Overcomes Red-Tape Response to the Hungarian Appeal TAC Calls a 7 -Weeks' Strike

Presumably the Upper One Thousand—the u chosen to meet the Duke enjoyed his visit more than did the rest of the we ( e population. But the Duke himself appears to have had a happy time and St after all, is the only thing that matters. ’ ana inat ’ atter

i conducted ourselves very well ring the visit of his Royal hness the Duke of Edinburgh have received an official pat head in consequence, in the face of stern instruc o behave, and the grim re

»ut i o n ed should 3p OUt Of with a etc. else could departure, ike sent a laying how le had en being with i the Ad ator sent ick saying leased we gn to have But i these courtesies 3 obvious :he Duke ijoyed his and, due o his own once away

jresby managed to free him m red-tape and Infuse a ?ree of informality into pro is first day in Papua, the sited Bomana War Cemetery; e Koitaki Rubber Planta- Sogeri, where he lunched 3 Sefton family and other 5 of the district before he to Port Moresby, n the afternoon he paid a i” visit to the Aquatic Club, ; of which had hoped for ig of the sort and had the Club in the afternoon, p.m., most of them gave ig and went home. An odd ■ so of the regulars drank then, of course, the Duke by launch. Subsequently was presented with a small aque which is inscribed: Duke of Edinburgh visited b on Saturday afternoon, r 10, 1956.” Thus en , the Club is now reported plying for the right to call “Royal” Aquatic Club.

At night, the Duke dined at Gov ernment House with Brigadier and Mrs. D. M. Cleland and selected personages and later at the re ception shook the hands of 400 guests.

The matter of the 400 (and the

a ‘ Lae and Rabaul h?™?i tlon . s h ? d earller produced a broadcast apology from the Admin istrator who explained (or attempted !? • £ uest lists had to be re stncted. This naturally enough did nothing to soothe the ruffled feathers of those who felt they should have been asked, and were not. Loud have been the laments heard in the land.

Only Part Of The Duke

Nor was it only European society that had heart-burnings. One Papuan brave had the temerity to cry in the wilderness through the columns of the South Pacific Post He protested: “People standing along between Ela Beach and Lawes Road saw four Administrative cars passed but not the Duke. They saw small figure appearing in the car that is Duke waving to the people but not the whole Duke.

“People thought Duke will be driving in a open Land Rover where we could see him properly.

“See we had travelled many miles nothing but to see the Duke. This

PROUD MOMENT for Queen's Scout Alan Tsang of Rabaul, when the Duke of Edinburgh presented him with the Royal Certificate in Rabaul in November. Troop-leader of Ist Rabaul Troop, he was educated at the Chinese Administration School. He became a 1st Class Scout just prior to attending the Jamboree in Melbourne in December, 1955. Earlier that year, he took the lead in establish ing a permanent scout camp at Nordup, Rabaul.

Photo: C. H. Meen.

Tinging Duke in a car is not is come mainly here for we and should make us really ?d with his visit. visit is also a very short id we also do not agree with signed himself “100 Miles Native.” Natives started to at the Oval from 5 a.m. and patiently until the Duke at 8.45 a.m. —then to see “not lole Duke.” Their disappoint was understandable, tiis departure, the Duke pre signed photographs of the and himself to the towns of loresby, Lae and Rabaul. photographs, approximately x 18 in., were signed, »eth R” and “Philip.” effective were the prohibitions d photographers that in place flood PIM usually receives mch an event the take has precisely three photographs — F which appear herewith. — M)

A.Roos Or Kangaroos?

Ken Slater has just returned resby from the Fly River, he has spent two months y Taipans to obtain their for a Melbourne laboratory, weather was unfavourable i Taipans were obtained, but . presented with one on his by a native who had caught Newtown Administration s just out of Moresby. 3 in the Fly country, Mr. discovered what is thought an Australian species of 10. About 30 to 50 of the ials were seen by him and s they were twice the size wallaby often seen in the :y; they could be wallaroos will make further investi i f of an Australian-type )o would be of some import > it could be an indication ancient land link between ia and Papua-New Guinea.

Akes Native Service-

N Under Its Wing

mount of over £lO,OOO has been raised by ex-Service clubs in Australia for the i of 13 auxiliary club-houses tive ex-Servicemen in the y. mxiliary club houses will be :ar existing RSL Clubs, and a full membership will not ;ed the natives, it is expected hese amenities will help n the existing bond between n and native ex-Servicemen. and games will be supplied t-drink bars installed, this good start it will be mg to see what ex-Service n do for themselves.

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D The Band Played—

At The Games

nbers of the Royal Papua- Guinea Constabulary Band Port Moresby aboard the n to attend the Olympic is. They arrived in Sydney on nber 23 and travelled to Mel e by train. iy will not go on to Hobart ported earlier but will return to the Territory by ship, g about December 20. y played daily at the Games eceived their due amount of tion from the public and apers.

Ench Sloop Brings

Jlin Rouge” Memories

a far cry from Paris to Port, by. From the Hanuabada to Toulouse Lautrec’s pictures ntmartre’s naughty ladies and in Can of the “Moulin Rouge.” when the French sloop nt Deauville arrived in by in November with the al commanding the French ; Fleet Admiral Toulouse ;c Montfa —aboard, it didn’t so far after all. liral Montfa is a nephew of mous painter. sloop later went on to Yule to lay a wreath on the grave her Bourjade, famous air-aoe • pilot of the First World

Father Bourjade became a missionary after that war ended and spent his time along the Papuan coast. He died young, of malaria.

It is now customary for any visiting French ship to go to Yule Island and pay tribute to this war time hero.

Tropical Christmas

The oldest story ever told —the birth of Christ —is being reflected in young eyes all over the world at this time of the year, and in Port

Moresby, youngsters’ eyes are glistening with expectation at the feast of toys revealed to them in the stores. For Christmas to the young is still the magic of Santa Claus with his bag of good things.

Ships from the magical East and 'planes from the South are pouring in with their cargoes. Old traditions die hard even in the tropics, and the hot turkey dinner with all the trimmings which we have eaten for years is still standard.

From the out-stations the orders are pouring into the stores for plum

The Duke at Bulolo—leaving the airport on November 11.

Photo: N. J. Brady.

ing and cake ingredients, and tie little coastal boats don’t ; it, there is always the re ; “Cat” which will drop last te supplies. all boys and girls are already r ing for Christmas jobs behind counters of local stores to ient their pocket-money for nt buying, and when the first ; loads of teenagers from Aus n senools hit the Territory will be no shortage of staff, nes and boats for the South •coked out; charters are being iged for inter-Territory trips; ?rs are planning special tmas Day menus; party invita are going out; wrappings and ations are being snapped up; supplies are being ordered; )retty girls are putting finish- Duches to their party frocks — >rt Moresby, with 21 days to tmas.

,000 Public Servants,

They Say!

is expected that in 20 years there will be 10,000 Public nts directing the affairs of the ory of Papua-New Guinea, at a thought! is believed also that in the period Port Moresby will have sed to a population of 50,000 nt figure is 15,000 —4,000 Euro , the rest native Papuans). e end of this century Moresby ected to have a population of se estimates were released at nd of November by a Port by Town Planning Conference. 5 not stated how they arrived figures but it was stated that had “studied all available They may be right; and they be wrong. Circumstances alter and it would have required tal-ball in 1939 to ever have m that funny little Port ay would, in 1956, have had opean population of 4,000. discovery would be a big in population growth—but ippy day has still not dawned.

Ptions And Tremors—

Home Variety

International situation, with endant fears and rumblings, rhaps induced Mother Nature into the act. ng the past weeks there have eports of three minor earth shocks on New Ireland: and /eek Administration officials rengau, Manus, wired Port )y that Tuluman Volcano was again. man is a submarine volcano Andrew’s Strait, south of , which appears and dis s periodically. Officials are ire when the last series of ns occurred; but there was jrable activity in February,

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hen active, the volcano builds small islands of pumice and ►•fragments which usually sub into the sea when eruptions Present activity has formed w cone of one square chain in and 15 feet high, and located pards NE of the old cone.

The Rabaul Vulcanologist, Mr M Reynolds, who is checking on the renewed activity of Tuluman, says that the new cone which has formed in the sea has reached the ex plosive phase. This is causing periodic explosions with ejection of lava bombs (pear-shaped frag ments of molten rock about the size of a man’s fist torn from the molten mass inside a volcano, and ejected from the crater by explosive action

?nn s n ea ™ * , to a maximum height of 1,000 feet. Sulphurous materials thrown off are giving a red coloura tion to cloud up to heights of 1,000 feet, and the vapour cloud is reach- UP 5.000 feet. Occasional mild explosions are occurring at the old cone. . Mr. Reynolds advises that there is no immediate danger to the population on neighbouring islands.

In recent years the Administra tion prepared an emergency evacua tion plan for natives of nearby islands which could be put into effect immediately should the situa tion become dangerous.

The District Officer has already visited Pam and Lou Islands and

first section of a new power station at (above) has commenced operations, and sections will be brought into use as is possible. as been built and is being operated by mmonwealth Department of Works, [?] available equipment has been used; terators are powered by diesel motors,

and should provide satisfactorily for Rabaul's present needs. The set-up is planned to allow expansion when necessary.

A high tension power line will eventually be taken out to the New Britain north-coast road to provide power for a native hospital which is to be built at Nonga.

Photo: C. H. Meen.

warned the natives to expect ex plosions and hold themselves m readiness for evacuation should it be necessary.

Worst danger would be from a tidal wave.

Sailing Season Ends

Squally weather and freak accidents marked the “end of the season’’ racing at the Port Moresby Aquatic Club late November.

The VS class—with a girl in each crew —got away for their “Queen of the Harbour’’ race at nine o’clock, with Mistress a late starter.

Ripple, Redwitch and Surf had one of the best races this season, with Ripple just holding the lead for the greater part of the race and Surf and Redwitch alternating in second place.

In the second round. Redwitch went to windward in exceptional fashion and at the Beacons came out in front with Surf, who had crossed Ripple, taking second place for a short time. Then her forward hand succeeded in the almost impossible feat of setting her spinnaker upside down. Despite this, Redwitch (Mrs. Whitten) crossed the line first, with Ripple (Miss B. Wilks), second; Surf (Miss S. Wood), third; and Mistress (Miss K. Lambert), fourth.

Hungarian Appeal—£I,Ooo

From Papua In 5 Days

In Papua-New Guinea, response to the Hungarian Appeal has come from far and wide. From Euro

peans, natives and people of r blood, some of whom had nev fore heard of Hungary, or where it was, but who were when they heard of the b£

ment of the Hungarians by the ians. aeteen natives from the Rigo listrict have each forwarded to the District Office for the I People have offered to adopt [arian orphans. Boy Scouts forking like beavers collecting »s to raise money for the Fund, [already, within the first five of the Appeal, Port Moresby raised £l,OOO and handed it to Red Cross for forwarding to va. ssident of the Public Service liation, Mr. R. Brennan, was ‘d President of the Appeal nittee at a public meeting late nber. He said on December 11, have seldom seen an appeal on in the Territory as this iseems to have done. The arian situation has shocked us

) Australians Are Out

[ one knew before that the tory had a White-Australia [. But apparently it has. The 1 aboriginal stockman, Mr. [Tooth, who came over in the : Wewak with the first con icnt of cattle for the Atkinson rty at Gusap, was refused per m to stay in the Territory; turned to Cairns in the barge, en the Wewak arrived at Lae the first shipment of heifers tud bulls it was found on the [back that the herd had in id by two head on the way. re were also some stock horses lard. [ cattle made the trip from Iville under the care of Tooth, and after a rest uarantine period at the Agrl al Livestock Station near Lae, fc taken to Gusap. The Wewak ected back with another con ant before Christmas.

Freak Accidents In

Moresby

*ort Moresby houseboy had a [escape late November when is within minutes of death, truck crashed into the mich he had vacated a few es previously. dislodged by the truck fed around him, but he id with a cut leg in which S stitches were inserted, ther native boy was not so when two vehicles, a lorry [in. wide, and a utility 6-ft tried to pass on a road 13 ft wide, he was killed, and two injured. [ accident occurred on the ■ Nappa Road when a utliity Piped an Administration lorry ich the boys were travelling, tiree were sitting on a plank protruded an inch and a half he side of the lorry. had swerved to avoid b and on straightening up to pass the lorry. It caught

Gray-Kelly

Wedding

In Bundaberg, Qld , in August, Miss Isobel Kelly was married to Mr. Edward Charles Gordon Gray of the P-NG Forestry Dept. The bride also is a Terri torian, having had secretarial duties in the Administration service before her marriage.

f spun the plank on which the ives were sitting and knocked 3i down. ne sustained fractured legs, ther was badly bruised, and the d. who had his kidneys crushed, I later in the Native Hospital.

Invoy To The Highlands

orobe is growing very road scious these days. A convoy of Administration vehicles left Lae [ November for Kainantu, oka, and Mount Hagen, tie convoy, made up of four Jties, four 3-ton tip trucks, three fl Rovers, four Ferguson tractors, [ Le-Tourneau tractor, and a ptely-owned Peugeot sedan, [ in charge of the Transport It Engineer, Mr. R. Rigby. Both >pean and native drivers were L Overnight stops were planned Caiapit, Kainantu, Goroka and )•

Puan Girls Qualify As

Mid Wives

[ a ceremony on November 16, , Papuan girls, trained at the k Marie Therese Maternity Hos- L Koki, near Port Moresby, were [S en t e d with their midwifery flcates by Doctor J. Gunther, ctor of Public Health for the Itory of Papua and New Guinea. [ girls were Elaine Seeto, Ibeth Arien, Agnes Solien, iadette Elenesi and Nancy Gera, [had successfully completed a ten paper, a practical test and iral examination, pressing the crowd of gaily sed friends and relatives, most them people of mixed race, or Gunther said: he main element in our at on sickness in the Territory of la and New Guinea is the nurs pervice. And the spearhead of attack are all those engaged safeguarding the health of Iren and of mothers and babies, ill the members of this spear- L one of the most important tie Roman Catholic Maternity ►ital at Koki, where Papuan i are being trained to a high fiard as Midwifery Assistants in tervice of their own people. The Itions of this hospital will, I am become a byword of sound cal training in this country, he people here have to learn elp themselves, and one of the [ways in which they can do it [ support this hospital—which leir own—to the best of their ty. The Administration will [in any way it can, but the le must stand behind it, too.” •ki Maternity Hospital was ed in 1950 by Sister Annette the ground floor of an old battered school building in the ion grounds. The need for it ; great and patients began to e before the ward was opened, ral babies were born in a Jy improvised building.

it became imperative to have some trainee nurses, and four of the ex-pupils of the school volun teered and started work immedi ately. They have since made history by being the first girls in Papua to receive diplomas as Assistant Mid wives from the De partment of Public Health. The hospital now has fourteen beds and a new nursery wing.

The Sister in charge is Sister Camillus, who is responsible both for the administration of the hos pital and for the training of the nurses. On July 30, 1955, the hos pital held a celebration in honour of the I,oooth baby to be born on the premises.

Moresby Tag Stages

A Stay-Away Strike

Frayed tempers which sought consolation in indefinite retirement were overruled by Mr. Craig Kirke, Act i n g-Chairman of the Port Moresby Town Advisory Council, on November 19.

Mr. Kirke told the Council it had no powers to stand adjourned for more than 8 weeks —so members compromised with 7 weeks as a pro test against a refusal by the Ad ministrator to provide them with a copy of the Winder’s report on local government. It is the second refusal.

Must be really top secret.

The Administrator’s determina-

. release the report to the Council until the Chairman, Mr.

A ' mes - returns from Australia, brought comment from Mr. Peter ■rox, who said, “the Administrator was treating the Council like a crowd of school children with the teacher away.’

During Mr. James’ absence in Australia the Council had appointed

as acting chairman the District Commissioner, Mr. P. Mollison.

When Mr. Fox introduced the motion that the Council should stand adjourned indefinitely, Mr.

Mollison said he was placed in an invidious position and preferred to stand down if the motion was pressed. The meeting then appointed Mr. C. Kirke to act as Chairman.

The meeting then went on to say, in forthright terms, just what they thought about the Administrators attitude.

Goilala Evolution

The formerly rough and savage Goilala area of Papua—which ten years ago was still only half-con trolled, is now in full development.

Once it was known for little else than Goilala-Madness—a sort of Cargo Cult.

The RC Mission has thousands of children in school at Kamulai, Fane, Ononghe and in other villages. The LMS spreads its in fluence into the Middle Kunimaipa.

And under the last ADO’s, Messrs.

Ron Galloway and D. Anderson, Tapini has become a progressive centre with improved air-strip, new buildings, cattle, coffee plantations and a modern school.

The hospital, under Dr. Raneri, had 1.500 admissions in the last 6

months. A jeepable road is under construction and the whole Sub- District (pop. 25,000 natives), is crossed by graded paths.

In Woitape (Urun), PO J. Mac- Gregor has built, in six months, a new air-strip up to DC3 standard.

This area, under the shadow of the Albert Edward Mountains (13,000 ft), may one day be a new tourist and economic centre.

Natives For Permane]

Ps Positions

The P-NG Public Service < missioner, Mr. E. W. Dwyer, ha nounced that he expects the appointments to the Public S< Auxiliary Division to be mac the end of this year.

What kind of Public Servant these natives make?

Will they imitate the exami

pence too often set by European lie servants; or will they grasp [ opportunity offered them — ;h is a greater participation by nselves in the administration of Territory, and the advancement Icreasingly responsible positions.

I his statement, Mr. Dwyer says, B Division is essentially a train (section which will prepare the e advanced native staff for sub tent transfer into the Third and tid Divisions. ihe first appointments to the Uiary Division will be natives [are already employed by the [frustration. Entry qualifica- B will be completion of Primary 9, or attainment of ical Grading No. 4. However, pical staff will be accepted with [these qualifications, but these licants must have advanced nical skill and be literate in lish. This system of making lintments is an interim measure and subsequently appointments I be made through competitive ninations open to all natives. ’he new Auxiliary Division will [ a permanent career in the Story Public Service to natives I the required qualifications.” ( >■ ■*<. ,

J Briefly .. .

r au show was opened by the pnistrator on December 2. sores of cars travelled along the •Wau road, and special planes [ their loads of visitors to the i. * * * fire which is believed to have ted in the kitchen of the home Mr. Fred Jullian, at Matirogo, f Moresby, on November 25, €d the house completely, occupants, who were sleeping,

iped unhurt, but lost all their Cgings. * V * * he Lae Musical and Dramatic lety presented “The Shop At iCorner,” in Stewart Hall, on ember 22 and 23. The three-act [ was well received by the audi i aose taking part were Jim Atkin i Peter Cahill, Esme West, June astone, Enid Milsom, Evelyn ley, Bob Lear, Jim Cairns, Peter in and Reg Collins. The play [produced by Mary Hoffman. * * * »d Triangles are appearing on 1 Moresby roads where accidents [ happened. Painted there by [local Apex Club, they are a inder of what can happen to less motorists. * * * ipua and New Guinea will make fecial issue of stamps to meet [amended postage rates which e into force on November 1, 1956.

I stamps will be an overprint I of the current 2Jd and 1/ia and New Guinea stamps, lis news, of some interest to btors, brings no joy to residents feel that the cost of living is I enough already. * * * a result of a Red Cross appeal Ugh a Melbourne newspaper, Leper colony on New Ireland

will richer by 70 musical in struments.

These will give untold joy to a colony of pebpie isolated from the rest of the wbnd.* • ♦ * * Mr R. J. Mprrison, well known for his] Red Gross' work in Japan and Korea, has been appointed Secretary for the Port Moresby branch of the Red Cross while the present secretary is on leave.

At the cessation of fighting in Korea, Mr. Morrison was awarded the Red Cross Medal. * * * The north-west season reached Wewak on November 16 and hit the Sepik headquarters hard.

Winds reaching 48 mph tossed sheets of iron in the air; blew down many trees in the town area, and managed to put out the town power supply.

Some new houses, built of native materials, were completely destroyed. * * * A meeting of local citizens was held at Kokopo on November 17 to form a Historic Society of New Britain.

It is hoped later to affiliate with the Papua-New Guinea Historic Society. * * * Although the Territory did not send one single representative to the Olympic Games, it was never

theless well represented. Several hundred people from Papua-New Guinea made the trip South to be present at the Games. * * * A new Cessna aircraft, owned by Crowley’s Airways, crashed on the Kamu River in November and is a complete wreck.

Pilot Keith Mullins escaped in jury.

A few minutes after the crash was reported, a Patrol Officer left in a canoe for the area, and a Dakota aircraft went in and dropped supplies. * * * A fire which broke out in the native quarters of Burns, Philp, Rabaul, in November, destroyed the premises. The quarters were located at the rear of the store. It is under stood that a petrol lamp started the fire. No one was injured. t The Suva Junior Chamber of Commerce is to hold a Hibiscus Festival in Suva on December 14 and 15. First prize in a competition for “Miss Hibiscus” is a trip to Syd ney with Pan-American Airways. t Resident Agent Ronald Thorby returned to Atiu, Cook Islands, in December after a familiarisation tour of coffee estates and processing factories in New Caledonia. A small coffee plantation is being established by the Administration at Atiu.