Port Moresby's Business
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HALF an acre in the centre of Port Moresby, on top of the ridge, where the European school now stands, is to be leased by tender—tenders closing on March 31. The school is to be re moved and re-erected nearby.
There is much business activity in Port Moresby at present, and so there is a good deal of interest in this site.
Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd. are preparing to build another modern hotel close to the site of the old Papuan Hotel, and a report that rival interests contemplate acquiring the new site, with a view to building a third hotel, has caused some speculation.
One wonders why the Government does not retain this excellent site, for a worth while block of administrative buildings, as was done in Suva.
Miss Patience Rowe, BA, who is engaged is mission work for the Anglican Mission at Labasa, Fiji, is at present in Australia on furlough. She expects to return to the Colony in April.