New Electricity Plant
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For Suva
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva. May 12.
rE Suva Town Board has accepted a tender of £58,840 (Australian cur rency) for a new AC electricity plant.
The successful tenderer is Ruston and Hornsby (Mist.) Pty., Ltd. Three other
tenders, ranging from £50,845 to £62,206, were received.
When this plant is installed it should put an end to Suva’s power difficulties, which have been acute since the war.
Native volunteers for the French Army are being recruited in New Caledonia. The period of engagement is 18 months, three, four, five or six years.