Hydro-Electric Power

For Papua-Ng?

Hint Of An Ambitious Project

THE following appeared in a recent issue of the “Crown Colonist”; — “Following an investigation into the supply of electric power in Papua-New Guinea, recommendations have been made to the Australian Department of Ex ternal Territories for a scheme which would involve the construction of a large number of hydro-electric plants serving Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Rabaul and many small centres. The largest plant would be of about 3,000 kW.”

Nothing appears to have been published in Australia about the plan—if there is 01 The rain-soaked mountains of New Guinea, New Britain, Bougainville, etc., are admlirably suited to hydro-electric plant—the same sort of thing that now is being developed in the mountains of Viti Levu, for the benefit of the Fi.n towns.