Tayua Goldfield
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New Road Connection with Suva
SUVA, August 14.
THE new road from Tavua to the goldfields, a distance of 5½ miles, is now practically ready for use.
From September onwards it will be possible to arrive by steamer in Suva at 8 a.m., and be on the field for afternoon tea.
Recent visitors to the goldfield included His Excellency Sir Murchison Sir Maynard and Lady Hedstrom, His Lordship Bishop Nicolas, Mr. C, Smith (a well-known member of the Sydney Stock Exchange), and Mr. L. Hinks (also of Sydney).
A pilot plant is expected here early in September, and Mr. C. Jorgensen, who is well known for his connection with the- Golden Plateau Cracow, is here to su pervise the work of erection.
The indications at Tavua are extremely promising. Fiji will yet be a large ex porter of gold.
Colonel J. G. Koopman, one of the advisers of the Royal Dutch Airways, who has been visiting the Mandated Territory of New Guinea, arrived in Sydney by the Mataram early in October. It is understood that Colonel Koopman has been considering plans for a complete aerial survey of Dutch New Guinea, in which the economic possibilities of this great, rich and comparatively unknown country will be very carefully studied.