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P. MORESBY, March 10. ith congress of the Aus in and New Zealand Asso >n for the Advancement of nay be held somewhere in ew Guinea in 1960 —if one ig shipping companies can ided to arrange a cruise at ct time, to provide a float ing-plaec. uggestion is that of Mr. tanley, well known geologist territory, who returned to resby in March after at the 32nd congress in NZ, in January. lS has been in existence 1. and meets at each of the i NZ cities in turn, uourne, in 1955, Mr. Stanley a meeting in Papua-New The Territory has always jreat interest to scientists, is suggested that a large h as Oronsay ) might carry ress en masse from Sydney ley (via Port Moresby, Rabaul, Manus, Madang , in about 25 days. Every would pay a fare, varying : to cabin, of from £6 to lay. medin, Mr. Stanley got

approval for a branch or division of ANZAAS being set up in Papua- New Guinea; and it is hoped that at the next Congress (Adelaide, 1958), a firm invitation to ANZAAS will be forthcoming from the A.d ministrator in Port Moresby and from the Minister for Territories in Canberra, with January, 1960, as the date for the Congress.

To this end, a small Committee has been appointed to make a formal approach to the Minister for Territories.

Mr. G. A. V. Stanley, formerly well known as Senior Geologist of Australasian Petroleum Co. in Papua. Since his retirement in 1954, Mr. Stanley has started a book designed to cover the geography of New Guinea; but con fesses he is "bogged-down" historically at the voyage of Luis Vaez de Torres (1606), whose detailed and prolonged examination of the entire south coast of the Island, from Milne Bay westwards, must have brought him into Port Moresby and Yule Island. But of this there is no proof.