Administrator Visits Kariava Bore
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From Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, April 20.
ON March 30, the Administrator of Papua (Hon. Leonard Murray), accompanied by Mr. Cecil Saunders (general manager of Australasian Petro leum Co.) flew to the drilling site of the company at Kareva, in a Guinea Air ways sea-plane, and returned the same day. With him were the Government Secretary (Mr. H. W. Champion) and Mr. Justice Gore.
Mr. Murray was impressed by the engineering skill shown in constructing the 3 £ miles of road through extremely rough jungle from the river to the bore. 800 ft. above sea-level. The party inspected the rig, drilling operations, saw mills and workshops, and the baseball ground and tennis courts established by the company for the 43 European em ployees on the station.