Large Crops and Good Prices
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Samoans Prosper
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Oct. 20.
AFTER a long, dry spell, which ad versely affected the banana industry, the long-expected rains have at last arrived.
The cocoa crop is now coming in, and planters are busy picking. The present year promises another record in cocoa and copra, as well as banana exports. The only cloud on the horizon is the threat ened repatriation of the Chinese planta tion labourers, though it is still hoped that the N.Z. Government will seriously con sider the representations made by the European community.
Samoans have never been as prosperous as they are at the present time, with good prices and large crops of the various products prevailing. The prosperity of the natives is reflected in their purchases of luxuries and comforts, such as Euro pean furniture, benzine lamps, etc.