New Manager
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Honiara Will Have
Improved Port
PLANS for improved port facilities at Honiara, capital of the British Solomons, have been approved and work will begin as soon as materials and staff for construction can be assembled, probably in the first half of 1956.
Since the collapse in 1952 of the last American wartime wharf at Kokum, near Honiara, there have been no adequate port installations, cargo being lightered to a small temporary wharf at Point Cruz v/ith a long carry to and from Customs and goods sheds.
New Manager
in Fiji
Mr. Arthur G. Rich mond is the new manager in Fiji for the Vacuum Oil Co. Pty., Ltd., in succession to Mr. J. A. Glover, who has been transferred to head office at Mel bourne. A wartime squadron-leader in the RAAF, Mr. Richmond was awarded the George Medal.