Garrison at Pt. Moresby

40 Men Arrive With Equipment

From Our Own Correspondent

Port Moresby, Mar. 26.

THE pulse of Port Moresby was con siderably quickened on March 24 by the arrival of 38 men and two officers of the Royal Australian Artillery.

Seasoned residents gazed in half-ap proving wonder as the men disembarked and, instead of marching in military order to their barracks, proceeded them selves to discharge their own cargo from the “Bulolo”. Lorries, light trucks, trailers, and camp gear were landed; a six-inch gun, with all its weird appurtenances; then shells, dynamite and more shells were rapidly landed and loaded on to the waiting lorries, which came suddenly to life and rushed the ammunition off to the European gaol, temporarily converted into a magazine.

Official group at the new Military Camp at Konedobu, Port Moresby. Standing, left to right: Hon. H. L. Murray (Official Secretary), and Lieutenant Cape. Seated: Hon. H. W. Champion, O.B.E. (Acting Lieutenant-Governor), and Major Chalmers (in charge of the Garrison).

Lower picture: In picturesque surroundings, at Konedobu, near Port Moresby, the Acting Lieutenant-Governor of Papua, with Major Chalmers, inspects troops of the first contingent of the Australian Military Forces to be stationed in Papua. Photos. Gibson.