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NEW GUINEA AND PAPUA GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION IU P A.-Bv Electrio Telegraph— Copyrurht’ (Received 25th November, 11.10 a.m.) CANBERRA, This Day. The Assistant Minister for Territories, Mr Harrison, announced in the House of Representatives that the Federal Government had decided to investigate a proposal that the territories of New Guinea and Papua should be administered from one capital located in Papua. Mr Harrison also stated that Cabinet nad decided that Salamaua, the site originally chosen for the new capital of New Guinea, would be the temporary capital.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 November 1938, Page 6
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88ONE CAPITAL Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 November 1938, Page 6
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