Promising New Guinea Industry
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yards of the mill. One well is actually at the very edge of the salt water. Ye[?] Rabaul, across the harbour, is embarrass ingly waterless. Until the ply-mill a[?] Bulolo is in operation, this is New Guinea’s biggest secondary industry.
TOP photo shows part of the mill and across the harbour, the three famou[?] mounts - The Mother (overlookin[?] Rabaul), the South Daughter, and th[?] Matupi volcano. The LOWER picture shows the ingenuity of the builder[?] These are the ends of wartime landin[?] barges, treated by welders and place[?] on high stands alongside the mill to a[?] as freshwater tanks.
At Toboi, on the western shore of Simpsonhaven, opposite Rabaul, the Coconut Products, Ltd., subsidiary of the New Guinea Company (Carpenter in terests) have done a fine job in establish ing a copra-crushing mill. Small ships carrying copra come right up alongside the sea-wall, beside the mill. Big ships from overseas berth in the same place, to bulk-load the coconut oil, and meal.
The oil, between operations, is stored in a series of big tanks, behind the mill.
The staff, under Mr. Cliff Bailey, has shown enterprise and ingenuity in or ganisation. All the fresh water needed comes from wells, put down within a few