Mining In N. Guinea

———♦——— Inquiry Into Conditions

From Our Canberra Correspondent CANBERRA, February 14.

THE Commonwealth Government recently appointed Mr. H. S. King, formerly Under Secretary for Mines in Western Australia, to visit New Guinea and report on the mining conditions there.

Mr. King was expected to arrive at Rabaul on February 5. His inquiries will probably occupy a couple of months. ——— Copra exported from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands during 1928-29 totalled 4,122 tons and was valued at £55,657.

For the previous twelve months 4,698 tons were exported and the value was £64,833. ———