Opened Up
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N. Caledonian Timber Country Opened Up
RECENTLY a jeep went off the road on the Col d’Amieu route in New Caledonia and fell 16 feet into a ravine, injuring most of its occupants— all civil aviation officials.
The Col d’Amisu route was finished during the war. It resembles the famous Burma Road in many respects but it opens up a plateau rich in 'some of the Colony’s best timber. Australian bush men are already at work up there cutting timber for the Commonwealth.