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Coconut Radio
Who will get the job of Sec retary of the Australian De partment of Territories when Mr. C. R. (“ Esky ”) Lambert retires in January, 1964? A de cision is not a long way off.
Canberra gossip has thrown three names into the hat in recent months—those of Mr.
Robert Swift, the First Assis tant Secretary: Mr. Dudley McCarthy, Assistant Secretary, and Dr. John Gunther, Papua- New Guinea’s Assistant Ad ministrator (Services).
But the other day an addi tional name came up—that of a rank outsider. Said the coco nut radio: Malcolm Booker, Australian Ambassador to Thailand, would get the job.