Postscripts

Sinake Giregire, founder of Papua New Guinea’s Country Party and: MHA for Daulo in the Eastern High lands, was gaoled on July 20 for a month on a charge of having obi structed a police constable, who tried to serve a warrant of commitment for a traffic offence on one of Girej gire’s employees. But, four days latef. he was released on bail pending a| appeal against conviction and sen tence.

His release, on a $lOO bail, coole| the air in Goroka and averted & threatened clash between police and tribal leaders from Giregire’s region of Asaro and other areas around Goroka led by Giregire’s father.

Nauru Diplomat

Mr T. W. Star, who has been ai the Nauru office in Melbourne sine* March, 1969, has been appointed the republic’s first Consul-General ir Australia. He will remain in Mel bourne. New Zealand has also namec a High Commissioner for Nauru, Mi G. K. Ansell, who presented hi! credentials to President Deßoburt ii July.

Soviets Barred

A Soviet ship, the Fedor Shalaya pin, carrying 700 Japanese tourist on a cruise in Micronesian waters was barred by the US Navy fron berthing at Guam. A US Pacifit Command spokesman said the line] was denied harbour facilities on th( orders of the US State Department The ship was later allowed to docl at Saipan. The Fedor Shalayapin i: scheduled to call at Rabaul.

Controlling Profits

All Fiji businesses with an annua turnover above $400,000 will havi to give the Fiji Prices and Income: Board details of their profits unde: new regulations made in August These will include a calculation o “profit margin reference level” fo the best two of the five financial year ended before June 30, 1973, togethe with the financial accounts for t±u two selected years. The informatioi is required so that the PIB can en force its rule that prices cannot b( increased except to recover th( amount by which allowable cost have increased.