Cable For Transport Over
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Mountains
Plan To Connect Wau With N.G. Coast
IMPORTANT interests in Wau continue to attack the problem of cheap trans port between the Morobe tableland and the coast.
It is reported that one plan, support ed by Wau funds and Wau enterprise, is to build an aerial cable between Wau and Salamaua. running over the moun tains and the steep gorges which sep arate the two places. It is calculated that such a cable system could be oper ated by using seven stations, in the 50 miles or so between Wau and Salamaua It is claimed, also, thaf this method of transport would compete on reasonable terms with the aeroplane companies in the freighting of cargoes.