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P-NG Works- More Works Expected
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, Oct. 24.
ACCORDING to a Commonwealth Works Department statement made in Port Moresby in October, the Department expects this year to spend a greater per centage of the money authorised for works than in any year pre viously.
Reasons for this are the decision to keep Rabaul as headquarters of the New Britain area; the inten tion to proceed with many major projects, including the Port Moresby hydro-electric scheme at Rouna, hospitals at Lae and Port Moresby, new wharves at Kavieng and Rab aul; and construction of permanent houses at many places throughout the Territory.
The Works Department up to the middle of October had received £735,100 in authorisations for work to be done £225,500 for Papua, and £509,600 for New Guinea and the islands region.
A considerable stepping-up in building is expected this year be cause of the letting of major works by contract.