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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1959Vol. XXIX, No. 10

[?]Cent Built

p. 45 · Read in the full issue

And All For £750

[?]S Is The

[?]Use That

[?]Cent Built

you want to build a cheap

e then ask Port Moresby

try farmer Vince Nielsen

it’s done.

IMER Sub-Inspector of Police fielsen has almost completed rork on a 12-square, 3-bedroom 3 for his brother Noel and ; wife and three children. Total is likely to be about £750. in construction material is an enware pipe. Vince bought reds of them in a cheap job i Port Moresby some time ago, d each. sy are 2 ft. long with an 8-in.

“ter, and Vince, who is handy his hands, couldn’t see why a i of pipes shouldn’t be a lot solid than a house of cards. 3 building authorities agreed, [) pipes at 3d. each, have gone his new house. All the in -1 walls, as well as the out- Dnes, are of pipe construction, door is of concrete. The pipes simply put end to end and spaces in between filled with ete. 3 house of pipes is being built ite Vince’s own home on his ry farm on the road to Sogeri, le of Port Moresby.

[?]t: Outside photograph. The pillar is

[?] ith cement. Inside walls look exactly [?] terior. [?] w: Mr. Vincent Nielsen against the house [?] s he is helping build for his brother.