Central Highland, Ng
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Accommodation In
Preparations for the building of a new hotel at Madang, New Guinea, by Mrs. Gilmour, are well under way; and, as soon as they are far enough advanced, the admirable boardinghouse which has been conducted by Mrs. Pitt at Madang will be closed, and Mrs.
Pitt will transfer her interests to a new boardinghouse at Goroka, in the Central Highlands.
As the Highlands are opened up, there is a growing call for an ac commodation house at some central place in the area. Goroka is re garded as the most suitable loca tion. Planes from Madang, Lae and Moresby come in to that point; and thence go on to Mount Hagen and further inland.
Mrs. Pitt’s plan to operate an accommodation house to take 16 persons has had official approval, and building operations may soon be commenced.
Residents of Moresby. Lae and Madang will be interested. New Guinea’s air services now can take them, in an hour or two, to cool up lands like Wau and Goroka where, if accommodation is available, a weekend of recuperation is quite feasible.