Little Enquiry For
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Tongan Bananas.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Nukualofa, Jupe 16.
AT time of writing, 3,000 cases of ban anas are packed for shipment to Auckland at an f.o.b. price of 5/-.
As this small parcel ordered by the New Zealand buyers is about one-third of our present monthly marketable quantity, local growers are wondering whether a “ring” exists in New Zea land to exclude our fruit, or whether New Zealanders have lost their taste.
The Chief Medical Officer in Western Samoa has stated that the yaws cam paign at Savaii is making good pro gress, there having been a ready re sponse on the part of the Samoans for treatment.