Political Parties

In New Guinea

A history of political parties in Papua New Guinea is to be published by Lansdown Press next February, in time for the PNG general elections.

IPs the result of four years work by David Stephen, of Melbourne, who describes it as an attempt to explain the present political party structure of the territory through historical ob servation. The book covers influence of political bodies from other coun tries and begins in the 1920’s with a branch of the Kuomintang. The Australian Labor Party has made eight attempts to form PNG branches since 1938. The Mataungan Associ ation and Pangu Party are discussed fully.