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Rabaul
The Australian Common wealth Department of Works has called tenders for the first stage of a $1.7 million overseas ships’ wharf at Rabaul.
The department has called the tenders for the fabrication and supply of 1,000 steel piles estimated to cost $200,000.
An officer of the department said in July the piles would com prise some 35,000 ft of 8 in. mild steel tube.
Tenders for the construction of the wharf to be erected at Shell Beach, would be called later this year.
The wharf would be the third major wharf to be built in Rabaul.