Fine New Hospital for Dutch N
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Dutch N. Guinea
BULLDOZERS will remove more than 152,000 cubic yards of earth in preparation for the building of a new hospital at Hollandia, in Netherlands New Guinea. The hospital will be well equipped and will have 300 beds. It will include a main central building,
an operating theatre, an X-ray de partment, a maternity ward and a children’s pavilion.
A special section will be reserved for the training of the nurses and for their living quarters. Another special section will be used in the campaign against malaria.
Total area of the hospital, includ ing 32 buildings and covered foot paths, will be 16,800 square yards.
The main central hospital will overlook Humboldt Bay. t Keen efforts on the part of prospective candidates to build up the voter’s roll was evident in Fiji before it was closed on March 1 pre paratory to the coming Legislative Council elections.