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- ↑ Two NG Council Elections Almost Complete Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1961, p18
- 1 2 Members of NNG's New Council Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1961, pp136–137
- 1 2 3 Dutch Council's Voting Arrangements Pacific Islands Monthly, November 1960, pp114–115
