Local Brewed Beer
p. 11 · Read in the full issue
For P-NG
From Our Own Correspondent WAU, January 17. rpHE plan to brew beer in Port Moresby X to supply the local demand is several steps nearer fulfilment. (Papua-New Guinea (non-native population of about 10,000) consumes each year 350,000 gallons of beer, all of it imported in bottles. Re tail cost is about 4/- per bottle).
Mr. Joe Bourke, of Wau, one of the pro moters of the local brewery scheme, has stated that the new brewery, which will be operated in Port Moresby is to be called the South Pacific Brewery Limited, and that a licence to brew has been granted by the Administration.
The plant has been purchased in Ger many and construction of the plant will commence in March. A brewer has been engaged in Germany and he will super vise construction of the plant in Port Moresby.