Dog Unwillingly Wagged by Tail
p. 67 · Read in the full issue
Because the bulk of Papua-New Guinea’s copra is produced in the Islands section of the Territory, organised coconut planters claim that the headquarters of the P-NG Copra Marketing Board should be in Rabaul, where the necessary communications between planters and Board can be better maintained.
The board does not see it that way. The chairman says that quick communication between Board and Departments is more important than closer relations between Board and producers.
The Planters’ Association discussed this matter at its meeting in Rabaul in August and decided to keep up the pressure.
Canberra and Port Moresby insist that the Board is not an Ad ministration instrumentality, but Administration Top Brass will have to make the decision, in the end.
Consequently headquarters are ex pected to remain in Port Moresby, Emphatically, the Islands section of the Territory—and, to a lesser degree, the Lae-Madang-Highlands section—does not like “being tied to the tail of Port Moresby”.