Norfolk Island Administrator And His Family
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'X'HE Administrator of Norfolk Island • (Captain C. R. Pinney, M.C.), who recently arrived in Sydney with his wife and family by the Morinda to spend two months furlough in New South Wales, returned to Norfolk Is. in March. Mrs.
Pinney, who underwent a severe opera tion recently, is now very much improved in health.
“Norfolk Island is looking forward to a prosperous season,” said Captain Pin
ney, “and the outlook is more hopeful than for some years. One of the biggest factors was the opening in January of a passion-fruit pulp factory, which will mean a great deal to the Island. Pros pects for the season are good and it is expected that a hundred tons of pulp will be produced. Next season this quan tity may be doubled.
“There is no market now for N.I. bananas,” he continued. “The settlers
growing them have let their plantations go in favour of the passion-fruit crop.”
Mrs. Pinney is a daughter of the Lieu tenant-Governor of Papua (Sir Hubert Murray), and she and her husband are well-known in that Territory, where for some years Captain Pinney was Commis sioner for Lands and Director of Agri culture before being appointed to take charge of affairs at Norfolk Island.
Captain and Mrs. C. R. Finney , and their children, Miss Maura Finney (left) and Master Peter Finney.