MUSHROOM TOWN
PORT MORESBY'S RAPID GROWTH (N.Z.P.A. Special Aust. Correspondent) SYDNEY, Oct. 24. More than 2,000, miles of telephone wire and 47 exchanges have been installed in and around Port Moresby in the past 14 months. _ The New Guinea capital has grown into possibly the world's largest war-time mushroom town, with a telephone service adequate for a ipeace-time population, of 75.000. Before this rapid development began, " a handful of phones and a few thousand yards of wire " formed the backbone /of Port Moresby's communications.
War correspondents pay a tribute to the Australian and American signallers responsible for the transformation. Their greatest achievement has been tho construction of 150 miles of lino across New Guinea. This line, which was laid in 23 days, runs over the 12.000 ft Owen Stanley Ranges, and additional sections lead to the north and tho south.
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Evening Star, Issue 25004, 25 October 1943, Page 2
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