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Port Moresby
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, July 26.
MR. George Gough, who is in charge of the Port Moresby Gaol gardens at Laloki, recently returned from sick leave, and with him came an assistant, his young brother, who has had many years’ experience in agricultural work in Northern Queensland.
The areas under cultivation will be extended and an irrigating plant and spray are to be installed. It is believed that production will increase beyond expectations, owing to the excellent soil
of the locality, which takes in large areas of the Laloki River flats.
These gardens provide vegetables not only for the prisoners, but also for the police and inmates of the native hos pital. In future they will also provide fruit and vegetables for others living in the district.
An X-ray plant, donated by Mr. R.
Bunting in memory of his father, the late Hon. T. H. Bunting, MLC, is now in operation at Samarai Hospital (Papua) under the direction of the Government Medical Officer (Dr. H.
White), A silver plaque, suitably in scribed, commemorates the gift.