Moresby's Overcrowdec

Hotels

Travellers —and they a many—who complain about t shortage of hotel accommod tion m Port Moresby may ta comfort in the official assurance th building operations now in serib contemplation may give the Hoi Papua another 20 rooms, to be fc lowed by some additions to tl Hotel Moresby. Burns Philp h terests plan to fill the street gs between Hotel Papua and the nex door buildings with a new structui mostly for hotel purposes.

The other big concern (Stean ships Trading Co. Ltd.) says th its new hotel, on the corner opposi Hotel Papua, will begin to tal shape as soon as the constructic of the freezer—part of the estal hshment planned there by STC— completed.

Meanwhile, Hotel Papua us< Hotel Moresby as an “overflow’ and travellers who think they hai reserved in the “Top Hotel,” an find themselves placed in tt “Lower Hotel”, express frequent dij content. Two in a room, or shak€ downs, or “sorry—booked right oul is now part of daily routine i Moresby’s hotel business as in Am tralia; but travellers who once kne' the comforts and pleasures of well organised travel do not take kind! to it.

By contrast, I have had exceller hotel accommodation in Lae (Mr; Flo Stewart) and Goroka (Mr; Ellen Pitt) —two hotels run b women of pre-war experience, wh really do strive to meet the need of the ever-increasing travellers.—F On September 14, Qantas Empir Airways will introduce a new a first-class service across the Pacifli to be known as the “Connoisseur.

This service will be in addition t; the two services operated at present “Connoisseur” departures will b: every Tuesday from Sydney, am every Wednesday from San Fran) cisco. Passengers will be limiter to 39.