New B.P. Building

In Apia

Administrator Praises Modern Structure

Apia, Nov. 25.

ON November 13, the opening of Messrs.

Burns Philp (S.S.) Co. Ltd.’s new premises at Mabapele, Apia, took place, and attracted a large attendance of inter ested visitors.

Only about two-thirds of the new build ing is completed, and the corner wing is in course of erection now on the grounds of the old store.

His Excellency the Administrator (General Hart), with Mrs. Hart and Cap tain Fairbrother, A.D.C., and Mrs. Fair brother, were conducted over the building by the Manager, Mr. Brown.

The Administrator was much impressed by the beautiful work and eminently practical arrangements of the various de partments, as well as the spacious cool and airy offices on the first floor.

The building and the outstanding char acter of the architecture are a credit to the firm’s enterprise, as well as a notable acquisition to the town of Apia.

MR. Zane Grey and other world-famous fishermen might make a note of the following paragraph, in the annual re port of the Commissioner for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony: “For sporting purposes, there is no fishing ground in the world that excels the waters of the Gilbert Islands. In ad dition to sharks, running up to 1000 lbs. weight, and the spearfish, which some times touch 600 lbs., the deep water around the islands teems with giant ray, barracuda, cero, bonito, and trevally. The trevally is particularly in evidence, and sometimes turns the scale at over 120 lbs.”