Transporting Petrol
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It Will Be
In The Bag
New NG Method of Transporting Petrol
IN conjunction with Mandated Air lines, the Vacum Oil Company Pty. Ltd. will shortly inaugurate a new system of transporting petroleum products in New Guinea: They will be flown in from Lae, on the coast, to the Eastern Highlands, DC3 aircraft will be fitted with four 200-gallon bags. They are self sealing and vented and when full will take up the entire floor space
the P lane - When empty they are folded to a minimum flat size and stowed in the aircraft, making way for the back-loading of primary produce to the coasts.
The Administrator, Brigadier D. M.
Cleland, Vacuum Oil Co.’s Deputy Chairman, Mr. J. D. Rogers, and District Commissioner of Morobe, Mr. H. Niall, will be at the inaugura tion of the service on December 13.