NEW GUINEA
VALUE TO AUSTRALIA [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] CANBERRA, March 13. “It is unthinkable that Australia should even consider handing over any territory,” said the leader of the Government, in the Senate, Sir George Pearce, to-day, in the course iof a statement on mandated lands.
Referring specifically to New Guinea Sir S. Pearce said that by virtue of its geographical position, its natural harbours, its facilities for naval and military aircraft, it was of considerable strategic value to Australia, so long as the existing form of control and administration obtained. He added that the claim that Colonial territory provided an outlet for surplus population, was not borne out by the settlement figures.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 March 1936, Page 7
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