Growth Of C’Wlth-Ng

Timbers

I ORE machinery for the big Commonwealth New Guinea Timbers plywood factory at iu’ ew Guinea, arrived at Lae the end of November aboard the lencan vessel Thorisle.

Si 1 ? then loaded, for the uted States, a shipment of 12 000 is of plywood. [t is reported that the company is

looking about for contracts for house building in the Territory They haye built their own houses and have supplied a few “Bulolo houses” to Government and private lu d T d " als; *? ut if the y n °w took up the business in a big way they could make a big impression on the hous mg lag in P-NG.

Mr. Jeff Jackson and Mr. Edward du Crux of Coral Sea Productions have been shooting under-water scenes at Lord Howe Island recently as part of a travelogue film which that company is preparing. Thev Panned to visit Elizabeth and Middleton reefs north of Lord Howe m January when the local motor cruiser Flying Cloud was to make a special trip.