New Guinea Starts A Brickworks-

[?]o Stories About Territorians' Enterprise

From Pat Robertson, in Lae A gentleman with solid ideas; a belief in the Territory’s uture, and sufficient money to bring his plans to fruition, is dr. Charles Hyland, of Lae, New Guinea.

R. HYLAND has obtained a 50year lease of an area of land on the Butibum River, about miles from Lae, and has started rickworks which will turn out idard cement face bricks; tiles; s; pre-cast septic tanks; tubs; se traps; moulded cement and irete products, and anything manufactured from cement, le 47-acres of land was ac ed by the Administration from natives some years ago for a kworks, but somehow or other ling was ever done, ready Mr. Hyland has trained ves to make and lay bricks, and “school” has turned out 18,000 cs. Work has begun on building factory and native bricklayers ; started on their quarters with bricks they made in the school, le ultimate project will cost it £25,000, and is purely a pri enterprise. r. Hyland, who has had con 'able experience in training onnel—he trained CRTS stu s in the industry for some time ys that natives at the school ! shown remarkable interest and mess, and feels they will become petent tradesmen in a short !. Training is also available to

any contractor who wants his staff trained.

Mr. Hyland came to the Territory as a senior draftsman and construc tion supervisor for Bulolo Gold Dredging at Bulolo, and was later a supervisor with Administration Works Department.

Use of brick and tile in the Ter ritory should be a tremendous asset.

photographs show two natives working [?]preliminary twisting machine, one of [?]recesses in producing the black stick [?]o which is still part of the native-labour [?]and a tobacco nursery at Madang [?]improved seed is being propagated, [?]ucing stick tobacco has some of the [?]ts of making a Christmas pudding. The

leaf is all imported from America; it is put in a steamer to soften it up, then spread out on the floor and sprayed with a mixture of rum, molasses, glycerine and other ingredients, Then twisted into a rope, cut in lengths, pressed into a mould, cooked in a slow oven for seven hours, and finally packed in a 25 lb caddy.

Brickworks' employee "Jackie" builds native quarters from bricks he helped make.