Creek

Progress At Edie

New Goldfields Plant

From a Special Correspondent.

WAU, March 23.

DAY DAWN staff (Edie Creek) are all agog over the arrival by the incoming Macdhui of the hydro-electric plant, which will mean big things for the field. Mr. B. Lane is going to Salamaua to supervise the transhipping from the ship to the ’plane, which will carry it to Wau, and from thence it will come here on the big motor lorries now operating.

The new Cyanide Plant is now in full swing, and Mr. Anderson, who is manager, has an ex cellent staff which works efficiently right through the 24 hours. Mr. J. Plumb is expected by the Macdhui from Sydney, on his way to Bulolo.

By “bush wireless” we learn that good old Jack Hemsworth and Mr. T. Woods carried off the prizes on the Macdhui for the various sports.

Also by “bush wireless” we learn that some of our “cobbers” who have been South, have been riotiously “celebrating” on the way up. At one port one well-known Territory identity had to be wheeled up to the ship on a trolly and literally carried aboard.

Time was when one knew everyone in the Terri tory, but by every ship crowds of newcomers arrive, and to-day the place is filled with strangers.

New bungalows are going up everywhere, and at Wau, quite a suburban look is coming over the place.