"Surveys Still Proceeding"
p. 12 · Read in the full issue
That N. Guinea
Road
MEMBERS interested in New Guinea —especially Mr. Green and Mr.
Francis —in the Australian Parlia ment during last month, persistently asked what was being done in relation to the Salamaua-Wau road. Ministerial answers were vague; but, finally, near the end of April, the new Minister, Mr.
Nock, said: — “Representatives of the residents of the goldfields area (New Guinea) have been advised of the progress made in the search for a suitable location for a road from Salamaua to Wau and they no doubt realise the difficult nature of the task owing to the heavy and rugged country to be traversed by the road.
“A direct route, known as Route ‘A’, (the Bitoi route) was examined by the Director of Public Works in December last, and location surveys of that route are still proceeding.