Samoan Produce
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Trial Shipments Of
From Our Own Correspondent.
APIA, August 28.
BY the last Maui Pomare, which tooic a full shipment of Samoan bananas for the South Island market, small trial shipments of various other Samoan pro ducts were forwarded to New Zealand. A quantity of green beans was sent to Wel lington, also 45 cases of pawpaws (or mummy-apples), a fruit which deserves to be better known in New Zealand for its splendid digestive qualities.
As usual, a few tons of Samoan cocoa beans were shipped to N.Z. factories, also a small trial shipment of Samoan coffee beans, of the Liberia and Robusta varieties, addressed to the External Affairs Department. Samoan coffee is of excellent quality and many inquiries for it have been received from New Zealand and other parts overseas. At present a large portion of the local consumption is made up of Samoan coffee, which is bet ter, purer and cheaper than the imported brand.
Mr. H. V. Searle has joined the board of directors of Day Dawn (New Guinea) Limited.