Water For Port
pp. 23-24 · Read in the full issue
Moresby
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, Dec. 1.
OLD residents, with bitter memories of recurrent droughts and water short ages, soon will have a first-class water-supply from the Laloki River; and a transformation in the appearance of the town may be expected.
A pumping station, situated on the picturesque banks of the Laloki River, some 12 miles from Port Moresby, will shortly commence operations. From the Laloki. a 24-in. main will carry water from the intake into a concrete shaft (34 ft.. 17 ft. below river bed) from where, after purification, it is forced by a 50 h.p. engine into large filter tanks;
where, again after further purification, it is pumped into a reservoir of 100,000 gallons. Thence, water when needed is pumped through a 10-in. main into the town reservoir, by means of a 120 h.p. engine, capable of pumping 25,000 gal lons an hour. Every pump and engine in this complicated and modern con struction is in duplicate, so should any mechanism break, there is no danger of the service being interrupted.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Morrell have taken up residence on Kalili Estate, New Brit ain, New Guinea. Mr, Morrell was dis charged a few months ago from the AIF as the result of a leg injury he received while on active service with the AIF in Tobruk, Libya.
Mr. Yamashita, Japanese Consul in New Caledonia, is returning to Japan for health reasons. Vice-Consul Maruo will replace him. Mr. Yamashita has been in Noumea since January this year, his predecessor being Mr. T. Kurochi, now Consul at Saigon, Indo-China.
Hon. A. Jewell, well-known non-official member of the Papuan Legislative Council, arrived in Australia recently. He was accompanied by Mrs. Jewell, who for some months has been the energetic organiser of the Port Moresby Comforts Club.