Betel-Nut Farm In Morobe
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District
From a Special Correspondent.
WAU, March 4.
AN enterprising: settler in the Morobe goldfields District has established a plantation of Betel Nut palms on the Markham River, with the object of trad ing with the large labour forces employed by various concerns in the district.
It appears that his venture is likely to turn out a success—the nuts are in great demand.
Mr. John M. Wilson, Comptroller of Customs, Government Storekeeper, and President of the Marine Board in Fiji, arrived in Sydney on March 23 by the Esperance Bay. He has been on a six months’ health trip to England, and is now on his way back to Suva to resume his official duties. He was born in Fiji, and has been in the Civil Service there for many years.