Inadequate Shipping
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Facilities In Papua-Ng
IT is reported in Sydney that both the Harbourmaster and the Assistant Harbourmaster in Port Moresby have resigned their posts. The former—Mr.
Bell, who served as a Lieut. Commander in World War 11, and who formerly was well known in the Australian Lighthouse and Navigation services—arrived in Syd ney during April. He took up the job of port manager at Port Moresby about 18 months ago.
It has been stated, repeatedly, in Aus tralian newspapers in recent months that the port facilities in Papua-New Guinea have deteriorated so much in the past two or three years that they are now unsuit able for regular shipping, and that navi gational controls on the coast of the Ter ritories are not satisfactory.
Some reports say that there has been extraordinary muddling in relation to the supply of material and labour for the re pair of Territories wharves—especially in Port Moresby—and that the authorities in Canberra and Port Moresby do not see exactly eye-to-eye in the matter of plac ing the blame.