Growth Of Misima
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Port Moresby, May 2.
THE new store built for Burns, Philp and Co. at Misima Island, Eastern Papua, was officially opened on Easter Saturday, when Mr. and Mrs. A. Pym. the local manager, and his staff, invited residents to a dance and concert in the new buildings, at Bwagaoia, Misima’s seaport.
Representatives of the Government and of all the large mining concerns were present. Mr. A. C. Rentoul, the Resident
Magistrate, joined in the congratulatory
speeches at the close of the proceedings.
The store is constructed of fibrolite and is a very large and attractive building, designed to house the whole of the office and merchandise department, besides an elaborate native store. It stands not far from the Government wharf, 100 yards up the foreshore.
Mr. James M. Downie, a writer of adventure stories for boys, arrived in Sydney on May 5 by the Ormonde from London. He will shortly leave for the South Seas to gather material for more stories and novels.