Education—and Liq[?]

Missions and Adm[?] Talk About Education—and Liq[?]

A CONFERENCE between P-NG Administration a:, various mission bodies of New Guinea was opened 1 Minister for Territories, Mr. H on April 29, and lasted until It was held in Lae and at by the Administrator of Brigadier D. M. Cleland, andJ Director of Education, Mr.

Groves.

Mission representatives 1 37, plus 13 observers.

Education in the Territory trolled by the Administration directly runs many of the ; But mission education work sidised by the Administrate fixed scale.

Amongst matters discuss* the importance of the educa native women; and the reconn tion of the Select Committee Legislative Council regardh consumption of liquor by : The committee had recom;j that the native people be ec to the use and abuse of intot Many of the mission represei held that educating the ns the use of liquor was imposs The Anglican Bishop a Guinea, the Rt. Rev. P. N. said that the propaganda direction was needed by th« peans and not the natives. (Later, in Port Moresby, tin Department said that Bishop was obviously commenting or thing about which he knev that statistics proved that: tory towns have a good rep in relation of drinking; and the first quarter of this yea were only two cases for di. ness recorded in Port Mores this matter PIM is with the Statistics are unlikely to pro Territorians drink less than land Australians; although could prove that Territoria hold more or that one ha;j drunker in P-NG before: brought before the court, who has lived for any peritj P-NG hotel knows that dm: not lacking from the P-NG to the contrary. The BisH referring to the fact that Eu. who live in the Territory moral obligation to show example to the natives. Hot people live up to the letter: high ideal these days?) t Another overseas expert in Fiji in April. He was M McDougall, who is expected! in the Colony three months ti the Government on the tration financial system.