Electricity For Moresby

Moresby From New Dam

The Sirinumu Dam, about 30 [?]ies from Port Moresby, should [?] completed this month. In May [?]e dam was filling. The official [?]ening will be towards the end the year. The dam harnesses [?]e water of the Laloki River and being built in two stages. About [?]000 native land owners in the ea have been paid a total of [?]6,000 for land, crops and build [?]gs which will be inundated by [?]e waters of the dam. Photo [?]ove shows the Rouna Falls, [?]hich are on the Laloki below the [?]m. A new power station near is point provides Port Moresby [?]th electricity—the flume line hich carries the water is at the [?]ght of the picture. The Com onwealth Department of Works [?]signed both the dam and power ation and let the construction on [?]ntract.