Pt. Moresby
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Defence Preparations At
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby. July 20.
DEFENCE measures in Port Moresby are moving rapidly.
The installation of the R.A.A. Battery on Paga Hill is practically completed.* The work of surveying the harbour and the site for the military aerodrome (800 acres), seven miles from the town, is well under way. Constructional work on the ’drome will commence shortly.
Tenders have been called for the erec tion of a large fuel oil storage tank with a capacity of 12,000 tons, on Upper Port Road, near Konedobu.