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From Pat Robertson, in Lae A New Guinea native became illionaire in April. He hasn’t what you and I would call a on—but he’s got £ 5,000 of it, when you are in the habit of r content with a pay packet of week, £5,000 is near enough to f a million.

S new “millionaire” is 20-year ld Alois Rovi, of the Bubia griculture experimental sta -10 miles out of Lae. He won 5,000 in a Queensland lottery. vas the first time he had ever . a lottery ticket, ri is a product of the Catholic mi School at Wewak, and of )regerhafen Education Centre, ; he spent five years before ig a job as assistant ento ;ist at Bubia recently, salary there is 25/- a month, rations. In another three is he expects to sit for an mation which will bring his to £5 a month, i speaks very good English, s happy in his job of collect nsects and identifying them, is, in fact, a very good ex of the fruits of education in erritory, and a wonderful ad mient for the Administration )ite the description of him in ustralian newspaper as a “be ed jungle boy”, i is not bewildered, nor does pear to be greatly impressed e win. He plans the future r ay:

His Future

st thing”, (he says) “I want p the money in the bank. ond, I want to finish my ig in entomology so I can the Administration, because educated me and gave me 3dge. By learning about in- I will be able to look after ops better. rd, I want the Administration d and advise me when I have :d training, and give me some f how to invest the money.” also has some kind words le officer in charge of the nental station, Mr. John s, who he says has helped lot with his studies. n-all, the story of millionaire is one that the Administra ould well paste in its scrap

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