Stones In Copra: Samoan
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Trader Fined
From Our Own Correspondent.
APIA, June 4.
A TRADER on Savaii Is., Western Samoa, was recently fined at the Apia Court, for buying copra from na tives in which a large quantity of shell and stones was detected.
This practice, due mostly to negligence of the trader when inspecting the copra, has led to heavy losses and damages suffered by Apia merchants in the past, as stones in the copra seriously damaged the machinery of the crushing mills.
Lately, owing to heavy fines for the offenders, the practice has been almost abolished.