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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1958Vol. XXVIII, No. 11

For This"--Buntini

p. 24 · Read in the full issue

"Fighting Eight Yea

The credit scheme would a long way towards develop i the Territory, the President the Papua-New Guinea Bran of the RSL, Mr. R. Buntii stated in Lae on May 24.

“We have been fighting this for eight years”, Mr. Bui ing said. The development Papua-New Guinea was lagg\ far behind that of oil countries and Australia had moral claim on the Territory she was not prepared to devet it.

With this government assi ance, ex-servicemen would able to spread out among \ natives and open up new are Their contact with and exams to the natives would play\ great role in bringing \ country forward.

Many ex-servicemen ha: been “hard put” to keep ths farms going, Mr. Bunting so Some had already sold out.