Local Government For Norfolk Soon
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Norfolk Island is on the threshold of Local Government. In April the Islj held the final meeting of the Norfolk Island Advisory Council, which has been existence for 25 years.
The following day, on April 7, the Norfolk Island Act of 1957 came into opi tion. This Act provides for the establishment of a Local Government body, tall over some of the duties of the Administrator, to be known as the Norfolk Isli Council.
The Administrator, Mr. R. S. Leydin, has been reappointed under the new A The first election of councillors for the Island Council will be held on June!
Later this year the Island will issue a commemorative stamp noting the ini duction of Local Government.
The final Advisory Council meeting received a message from the Austral Territories Minister Mr. Hasluck, in which he paid tribute to the Council’s wi The Council replied that it “sincerely hopes that the existing spirit of co-opera| and good-will will continue to prevail”.