Plea For Motor Road
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Deputations representing the Morobe Chamber of Mines, the New Guinea Mi llers’ Association and other bodies, when they interviewed the Minister for Ex ternal Affairs, Mr. Hughes, on June 6, urged the view that the only way to prolong the life of the Morobe goldfield is to construct a trafficable road between Wau and Salamaua, and so reduce trans port costs as to render payable the large areas of low grade ore in the Wau and Edie Creek districts.
The speakers urged upon Mr. Hughes the need to build 50 miles of road to allow motor vehicles to run between Wau and the coast. They said that such a road would reduce the transport costs from £25 per ton (which they claimed was the present rate for air transport) to £5 per ton.