Leydin Takes Up

Post On Nauru

R. S. Ley din took up his

s Administrator of Nauru

le. This is Mr. Ley din's ■ appointment as Adminis of Nauru, as he held it usly from 1954 to 1958.

eydin had just completed

' ears as Administrator of k Island. i Mr. Leydin, and his wife, in Nauru on June 1, they greeted by Mr. F. W. aghy who has been Acting strator since January when Administrator, Mr. J. Pres ide, left. (A Port Moresby said that Mr. White was ex ■o be appointed District Corn er of Milne Bay in July. Be r. White was appointed Ad tor of Nauru, he was a New District Commissioner.) was generally a busy month n mgs and goings in Nauru, m June 2 the Tri-Ellis left sailing aboard her were: 7 . W. McConaghy, the Acting itrator, returning to Canberra.

Chief Hammer Deßoburt, > been chosen as the Nauruan tative for this year’s United Trusteeship Council’s session.

N. Wilson, an officer of the an Department of Labour tional Service, who has been inmissioner of Enquiry into imen which constitutes the the Nauruan basic wage. It

was last enquired into in 1953 (also by Mr. Wilson). Mrs. Wilson accom panied her husband, Mr. R. Jackson, an officer of the Department of Territories, who acted as economic adviser to the Commis sioner.

Mr. F. Gillies, an officer of the Department of Territories, who had paid a fortnight’s visit to Nauru to assist the Nauru Local Government Council to consider the questions as sociated with a future home for Nauruans.

Mr. W. Baker, an Australian Coun cil of Trade Unions’ advocate, who at the request of the Nauruan Workers’ Organisation, had arrived earlier to present the NWO case at

the Commission of Enquiry.

A visitor to Nauru, on June 7, was Mr. V. J. Andersen, Resident Com missioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. He was paying a courtesy call on the Administrator, after having visited Ocean Island. He arrived at Nauru on board RCS Ninikoria, and was returning to Tarawa, via Ocean Island, where he intended to meet his new Govern ment Secretary, Mr. R. Angeloni. • For more details on the visits to Nauru of Mr. Wilson and Mr.

Baker, see p. 16, "Nauruans Want Their Wages Doubled".

Mr. R. S. Leydin.