Copra & Rubber

How Papua is Seeking an Extended Market

ON the principle that nothing is to be gained by sitting with folded hands, Waiting for the markets to recover, the leading officials of the Papuan Govern ment are seeking new and extended uses for the Territory’s chief products.

At a recent meeting of the Legislative Council of Papua, Mr. A. P. Lyons urged that an attempt should be made to secure concerted action between Papua, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, with a view' to improving copra production and securing a higher standard grade from those-Territories. The suggestion found favour; and inquiries now are being made among the copra-producers of Papua, with a view to formulating practical sugges tions for submission to the other Terri tories.