[?]-Operation In

[?]tralia Supports [?]heriands

[?]Ng And Nng

iSIDENTS of Papua-New

Guinea who a year or so ago

sved Australia wavering on

question of Netherlands New

nea sovereignty, had their

ds set at rest with the Novem -6 statement from Canberra

The Hague.

the statement Australian and Netherlands Governments aledged “to continue and igthen co-operation” in ad stering their New Guinea Terri s. >st observers take the statement e political rather than any in ,ion of changes in administra in either the Dutch or the ralian territory. It follows re sd demands by Indonesia for h New Guinea, and demonstra i in Djakarta against Dutch mals and threats of demon ions against Australians. ,e demand of the Indonesians w somewhat of an annual event, lly occurring when the Govern : most wants to divert atten from domestic affairs, e Hague-Canberra announce ; is taken as a reiteration of e Australian sympathy lies, .ugh some other facets of Aus i’s foreign policy have not been ell taken. e recent decision to train some nesian army officers in Aus i has mystified many and en i Returned Servicemen’s organ ms. At the recent RSSAILA ress in Tasmania (see else e) the matter was discussed at h and condemned, e Australian Minister for Terri 5, Mr. Hasluck, flew to Port sby in early November to meet Netherlands Minister for Over- Territories, Mr. C. Helders, who been visiting Dutch New ea, and who later flew with Mr. ick to Canberra.

Port Moresby, the Ministers ated that there would be full mge of information between two Territories but that there 1 be no machinery set up to le it. e Governor of Netherlands New ea, Dr. J. van Baal, who accom -3d Mr. Helders to Port Moresby, d on after the Ministers left Canberra and with the Admin ;or of Papua-New Guinea, made ne days’ tour of Papua-New ea.

Handsome Home for Suva Priests

This fine new building, Nicholas House, was opened recently in Suva by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Fiji the Right Rev. V. Foley. Built on a site close to the RC Cathedral, it Will provide living quarters for priests.—Photo by Stinsons.