Distribution Of Oil, Etc.
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Increased Facilities
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A CONSTRUCTION programme, to enable it more effectively in Aus tralia and the South Pacific Islands to distribute its products, has been under taken by the Vacuum Oil Company, at an estimated cost of £4,000,000. An official statement by the Co. early in January said: “Our construction programme embraces the building of new terminals at Lae and Port Moresby, (New Guinea); Noumea, (New Caledonia); Darwin (Northern Territory); Colmslie and Gladstone, (Queensland); Rosehill and Port Kembla, (New South Wales); and Bell Bay, (Tas mania) . A number have already been placed in service.
“In addition, extensions to storage, handling or manufacturing facilities have been carried out or are in hand at Suva, (Fiii) * Rabaul (New Britain); Madang and Samarai, (New Guinea); Cairns, Townsville and Bulimba (Queensland), and in most of the other States.”