41. The reason for the Highlands Rule
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots Obviously, the reason for the rule was that such people lack immunity to coastal diseases but there is an additional reason which explains why Monte was so adamant that the...
Category: Political Development
43. My task as assistant to John Grainger, OiC police, Wewak
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots It may sound odd that I, a lawyer who had prosecuted a record number of cases before the Supreme Court and defended over forty there, should say that I was ‘assistant...
44. The early results of our investigations
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots I mentioned in No. 42 that I wrote a lengthy letter to the Crown Law Officer at the end of my second week on this assignment and these passages become important...
45. Wonderful action of Police Lance Corporal Sauweni
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots It was not until after Jack Grainger and I had become very interested in Femsep that we located the most important of the police who had brought in the Telefomins convicted...
42. The rule and my reaction at Wewak on 8 April 1954
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots In Snapshot 22 I explained how, just after I arrived back in TPNG in March 1954, I was sent to Samarai. And how, the very day I returned to Moresby from...
46. Suni, a fine example of belief in the rule of law
PNGAA Library: Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots 46. Suni, a fine example of belief in the rule of law From Sauweni’s account it was clear that Suni was not only completely innocent: he had been a...
47. Taking a sample –– and a need for praise
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots It is easy for many kinds of scientists to take a sample which will show precisely what was the current state of affairs at a given moment in the past. But...
48. The unusual position of interpreters
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots The mention of ‘former British, Spanish, Dutch or French colonies’ is an essential and recurring background theme because, as mentioned in No. 8, the first ‘business’ of my first day in...
49. Suni as the trainer of Telefomin interpreters
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots What I am about to quote is actually the passage, in my Letter Recommending Awards and Decorations, headed Tinkukuniming, uncle of Sinoksep, the interpreter trained by Suni. I do, however, believe...
50. What Suni taught his wife’s parents
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots As mentioned before, the plan to kill all foreigners in the Telefomin area as soon as the signal was given, involved everyone. The concept of someone not obeying simply could not...
51. The incredible problems faced by Syd Smith and Mert Brightwell
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots In No. 25, and in many other Snapshots, I named kiaps whose ‘notable defences’ had been recorded but the only time that I know of where a kiap had to defend...
52.The people of Wewak and their treatment of the Telefomins
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots The Telefomin Massacres were totally unbelievable, both when they occurred and when the perfection of the planning was discovered. They were the greatest massacre in TPNG history as well as being...
53. First Congress of the Public Service Association (PSA), 1955 – Part One
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots The conference was held in Port Moresby on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 November 1955 and it was one of the most important events in TPNG history. Since 200 copies of...
54. Bukumbangi, a policeman with initiative
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots We have already asked who trained Bunat, Paheki, Muyei and others; who allowed Sauweni and others to flourish and, since it appears that – with some notable exceptions – modern-day Papua...
55. Re-statement of why I am writing these ‘Snapshots’
Paul Quinlivan’s Snapshots Bob Blaikie’s tribute to David Selby in the last issue of Una Voce causes me to mention that, over the years, readers have asked that I include famous trials that I...
