Rabaul’S Roads Improved
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From a Special Correspondent.
Rabaul, Feb. 21.
THE roads of Rabaul continue to show marked improvement. Recently 70 chains were treated with bituminous sur facing with excellent results.
Direct communication between Rabaul and Toma will shortly be established and this will be a great convenience for visit ors to the little hill settlement away from the sultry heat of Rabaul.
Altogether the roads in the Territory are receiving great attention. New roads are being made, besides the improvement of those already in use.
Apart from the commercial advantage gained by speedy communication, roads in New Britain and New Ireland are a great attraction to residents and tourists.
They wind in and out along the broken coastline, branching inland past villages, and along avenues of palms, until they reach higher altitudes which reward travellers with beautiful views of the sur rounding islands and reefs.