Growth of Lae
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Lae
Many fine new build ings are going up in Lae, New Guinea. The first two top photo graphs show the type of stores being con structed in the main shopping centre on the Terrace. It will be noted, however, that there is now consider able departure from the old pre-war idea that tropical buildings should be open-air affairs.
Whether this is a good or bad thing is a matter for argument.
The lower photograph shows the new Lae echnical school which s as yet only partially complete. Students and [?] structors are doing most of the work them [?]elves. When complete, he school will have accommodation for about 150 boys who will com e from all over the listrict and live in. At Present there are 50 [?] oys, accommodated in [?] wo dormitory blocks.
When the institution is completed it will be [?] sed also by Europeans who wish to study echnical subjects.