New Building in Port Moresby
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From Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, Oct. 16.
STEAMSHIPS Trading Co. Ltd. recently have completed a new bulk store on the foreshore of Port Moresby, 64ft. x 62ft. It has been sublet as a storage depot for the Australian Petroleum Co.
Ltd. The company have also completed the erection of a new residence for staff purposes, facing Port Road. The build ing is of modern design, suitable for tropical conditions.
Besides these undertakings, the com pany is installing a new 40ft. crane, capable of lifting 10 tons over a span of 24ft., at their slip at Paga Point, which will be used for the handling of heavy cargo and machinery to be imported by the oil companies operating in Papua.
A contract has also been undertaken for the erection of a two-storey building for a school for the Roman Catholic Mission, to stand at the rear of the Port Moresby Convent.
Rev. C. V. Longden, who joined the Melanesian Mission in 1936 and carried out pioneering work at Moewe Harbour, New Britain, is at present doing deputa tion work for the Mission in England.