NEW GUINEA
QUESTION OF ADMINISTRATION. IMPERIAL OFFICER’S INVESTIGATION. (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) MELBOURNE, July 4. The House of Representatives negatived a motion for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the administration of the mandated territory of New Guinea and certain charges of alleged maladministration. Mr S. M. Bruce, in opposing the setting up of the Commission, declared that the charges were already the subject of inquiry, and a Commission was unnecessary, because the Commonwealth secured from the Imperial Government the services of one of their most experienced officers in native administration, Colonel Ainsworthy. He was instructed to make the fullest possible inquiry and render a frank report. Colonel Ainsworthy had been in New Guinea for some time, and his report was expected shortly. If it gave any indication that a Commission was necessary, the Government would take steps to have the matter fully probed.
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Southland Times, Issue 19290, 8 July 1924, Page 5
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