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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1951Vol. XXII, No. 5

Water Meters for Moresby

p. 52 · Read in the full issue

THE Bobbie Dico Meter Co. Ltd., of Adelaide recently secured a £13,822 contract from the De partment of Works and Housing for the supply of water meters, for use at Port Moresby, Darwin, and Canberra.

Port Moresby’s quota is 205 —160

of them, i in. type, the remainder, i in., 1 in. and 5.2 inches.

At normal rates of flow the error in these meters does not exceed 2 per cent.

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Shields at Madang Euro pean Hospital (New Guinea) on October 16.