Samoan Planters
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Apia, May 20.
THE annual general meeting of the Planters’ Association of Samoa was held on April 30 and attended by 17 members.
The first annual report of the com mittee was presented and adopted, also the financial statement showing a sat isfactory balance on hand.
The present officers of the Associa tion, including the president, Mr. F. L.
A. Gock, were re-elected, as also was the previous committee of six members.
It was proposed that the Association endorse a petition to cut up and lease out the N.Z. Reparation Estates. After a discussion, the motion was defeated by 13 votes to 4.
Means and methods to fight the dreaded black-pod disease of the cocoa trees were discussed, especially a sug gestion to make use of blasting for the purpose, on which opinions were divided. It is hoped, that a mycologist from Fiji will be available for a short visit to Samoa to help planters in this and similar problems.