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Letter to the Editor America Should Support The Dutch In NG

Dear Sir: I have read your magazine with considerable interest for several years now, but this is the first time that I have felt compelled to comment.

T SPENT a half year with the armed A forces in New Guinea during the last war. During the past four years I have made frequent visits to both Australian and Dutch New Guinea and many of the Solomon Islands.

I have made these visits because I find New Guinea to be the world’s most interesting island and, in fact, I have made investments in New Guinea and believe in the future of the island.

Because I have been disturbed and saddened by events of the past months, I recently wrote my Congress man and Senator that I feel that the United States should commit itself to fully support, with the 7th Fleet if necessary, any encroachment by Indonesia into any part of New Guinea—providing, of course, that both Australia and Holland should request it.

Apart from the fact that the ex pansion of Indonesia into New Guinea would be, in all probability, just another step in the spread of inter national Communism towards the Australian mainland and the United States, I also believe that the future New Guinea should be a self governed island, and not just a “colony” of Indonesia.

It is my hope that the Australians and the Dutch are willing to co operate in keeping out any invading Indonesians, and I hope, and believe, that it is the responsibility of the United States to offer to assist their Allies in this cause.

Yours, etc.,

James S. Bruce

San Marino, California, USA

She is now in charge of the Sports man’s Bar off the Rowe Street en trance to the Australia, and she has started a New Guinea Book. The first entry was made on June 24 by Mr. Bob McDade, followed by Mr.

R. G. Garrett.

Miss Geraghty now serves many of her old Ushers customers—par ticularly retired old-hands from New Britain.

Pfahlerts made her an offer to go to their new New Guinea Bar, but Miss Geraghty decided to stay with the Australia.

Where, then, will be Sydney’s new New Guinea Bar?

The number of Islands people in Sydney in the last few years has grown so steadily that there is a good possibility that all three hotels will continue to operate as meeting places. All three have something to offer, and even three New Guinea Books in three different places might not be too many.

As one Islands man said, “The pattern could possibly be this—old NG hands to the Australia, the newer NG crowd to Pfahlerts, and Islands people generally to The Castlereagh.”

It could be. But then, the next 12 months might see one particular hotel developing as the New Guinea Bar. Time only will tell.

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Meanwhile two of the original New Guinea Books from Ushers, to gether with the sign that for the last few years had hung above the bar, have been presented to Pacific Islands Monthly for safe keeping.

The two last New Guinea Books —covering the period from 1957 to the day the old bar closed on June 30, will be kept in Pacific Islands Monthly’s own library, were they will be available to anybody genuinely interested.

Publisher of PIM, Mr. R. W.

Robson, has offered the New Guinea Bar sign to the New Guinea Club, of Rabaul.

Presentation of the books and sign was made to Stuart Inder, a former Port Moresby resident, who is now an editor of PIM, in the New Guinea Bar on June 30 by Ushers manager, Mr. J. A. Brennan, on behalf of Mortgage Development Corporation, the owners of the

building.

Among the New Guinea people who signed the book on the last day were Mr. Jack Edwards, an old timer of the New Guinea goldfields, and 17 men at present doing courses with the Australian School of Pacific Ad ministration in Sydney.