We Wonder Why . . .
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]\/[ANY millions of feet of timber, corrugated iron, plywood, fly-wiring and other materials have been spirited away from a town desperately wanting them (Port Moresby ), by troops who had no more need for them.
The “Marella,” down at the town wharf, has been unloading building timber from Australia.
Around Port Moresby, some time in the past year, great quantities of seasoned timber were destroyed when Service in stallations were dismantled.
Barrels of bitumen were tipped on to an unholy blaze. To-day Moresby’s roads need bitu men. . . . —From “Melbourne Herald” Travelling Correspondent, 30/1/46.