All Very

Labour Tour Is All Very Secret

From a NG Correspondent Provocative Albert Monk „ Federal President of the' powerful Australian Council of Trade Unions, had one. small personal regret when he

joined a special investigating,

mission travelling through

Papua-New Guinea.

Mr. Monk realised that he woul be away from Sydney on Octobf 3, and for the first time in mar vears would miss the tradition!

Labor Day procession through tt streets of Sydney.

But he needn’t have worried, b« cause October 3 found him takir part in his own personal processic —and a hotter, dustier one tha ever Sydney could have provided Mr. Monk was in a Government hired car which had four punctun in 20 miles on the dusty outbao roads of New Britain’s Gazell Peninsula.

The hot and dusty party wi rescued by the Vunapope Roma Catholic Mission at Kokopo, whio provided a mechanic to repair tB trouble.

Several Weeks The delegation spent several wee in Papua and New Guinea, holdii all its talks in camera and declii ing to issue statements on evideni collected from specific talks. It re] resented employers, employees ai Government, and included Secretati of the Department of Labour ar National Service, Mr. H, A. Bland The Minister for Territories, M Hasluok, described the delegation “a unique tripartite and no:i political mission with the broa objective of enabling its membe to become acquainted at first hai with matters in the labour field the Territory as they now stan and with present and prospect! problems in the labour field”.

The apparent secrecy in whii the delegation went about much its work left many people wonderir Even one officer of the Administn tion went so far as to say that was puzzled.

He said, “If they really want know everything and get an ow all view I can’t understand why tr whole thing isn’t thrown wr open”. But it wasn’t.