Moresby Building And Works Boom

Works Boom

From Our Own Correspondent MORESBY, March 28.

CONSIDERABLE works pro gramme, both Aministration and

private enterprise, is going on in Port Moresby at the moment.

In the past month Steamships Trading Co., Ltd., has opened the first half of its new, ultra-modern departmental store; while the Port Moresby Freezing Co. began accept ing customers in its equally modern

butcher shop. Both were welcome* by the town’s housewives.

Meanwhile, Musgrave St., th town’s main thoroughfare linking th harbour with Ela Beach, is a hive c activity. Burns Philp and BNG an pushing up new stores, and PMF i building a block of shops and flat next to the Theatre.

Round the corner, in Mary St., Mi Arnie Hayes has almost complete: his pastry shop; and in Douglas Stl next to Kriewaldts, Qantas ha started work on its new office blocK The Administration is in the pio ture, too. A new storage shed to re place that burnt out last year almost completed on the waterfroni and work has started on new roai projects.

Almost £6,000 is being spent i sealing Kila Road, from Rouna Roa to near the Golf Club, and anothe £7,000 is to be spent on Bampta Street, at present no more than goat-track.

Hayes St., which ascends Paga Hi and constitutes a driver’s nightman is scheduled for attention, but it funds are yet available.

New headquarters for the Goven ment Printer have been started i Lawes Road, behind the South Pacif\ Post building.