REPORTS OF TROUBLE ON MANUS ISLAND
AUSTRAL!/ N POLICE TO INVESTIGATE (Rec. 7 p.m.) CANBERRA, March 22. “The Superintendent of Police from Port Moresby and two officers are flying to Manus Island to investigate reports of trouble with the Chinese there,” said the Minister of External Territories (Mr E. J. Ward). “Apparently the Chinese officer in charge of the Chinese who are engaged in shipping United states surSlus war stores from Manus to China as contested the right of the Australian authorities to apprehend any •of his men on charges of offences against natives. We maintain that while they are in Australian territory they are subject to Australian Jaw,” /
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25450, 23 March 1948, Page 5
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