Building Boom in Rabaul

BUILDING in Rabaul, New Guinea, is at present on the increase. Con tracts for six Administration bungalows have been let to the Bay Loo Co. Ltd., and a new Court House, costing £3,500, is to be erected at the rear of the Treasury.

The New Guinea Club has called for tenders for a new club house, which when completed will be the finest building in the Territory. It is estimated that the new building, which will be almost op posite the new Court, will cost over £6,000.

At present a new Masonic Temple is being erected on the block next to the

Treasury in Rabaul’s main street, Mango Avenue. Designed by Hon. H. L. Clark, secretary of the Bay Loo Co. Ltd. (the contractors), the structure will cost £3,000. It consists of a Temple and four surrounding offices. The Lodge hall itself will be equipped with a special air con ditioning plant.

The new structure will be the best Lodge building in the South Seas.

Mr. and Mrs. Eric Mcllwain arrived in Sydney from Fiji by the Mariposa on February' 24 to spend their honeymoon in Australia. They were married by Rev.

Father Oreve at Bishop’s Court, Suva, on February 15. The groom is a resi dent of Rewa, and the bride, Miss Anne Gertrude Storck, of Suva.

The new Lodge building, under construction.