Mysterious Mystery
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Goilala
Goings-On
Mysterious Mystery At Tapini
THE mysterious announcement from Port Moresby, late in May, that an official investigation would be made into alleged mis conduct in the Tapini area of Papua, has all the hall-marks of a Nasty Secret Cat that has somehow got out of the Official Bag.
Certain administrative officers of the sub-district of Goilala (admin istrative centre of which is Tapini) are alleged to be concerned in the charges.
The Administrator of P-NG (Brigadier D. M. Cleland), refused to comment other than to say that the terms of reference of the com mission were wide and dealt with a “certain set of circumstances.” He dia not think that the release of the terms of inquiry would be in the general interest; the press would not be admitted to the hearing.
The fact that the P-NG Admin istration is super-sensitive to any thing that might belittle it in the eyes of UNO is well known; but having allowed the front portion of the Cat to escape in this fashion, nothing much is going to be achieved now by attempting to smother the
rear end of the animal.
Mr. S. Johnson, Assistant Secre tary for Law, has been appointed Commissioner of the Inquiry which was expected to last for the first two or three weeks of June.
t The importation of firecn' into Western Samoa has been hibited. It has been found thu gun-powder therein has been into “bombs” and used illegaE kill fish.