Pineapple Cannery For
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Tahiti
Papeete, Mar. 8.
UNDER the aegis of Messrs. Charles Brown and Lionel Bambrldge, the project of establishing a tinned pineapple export trade is maturing. Already 120,000 pineapple shoots have been planted at Papeari, and plans are well ahead for the erection of a large canning factory.
Samples of tinned pineapples grown in French Oceania have reached Europe, and an order for a big shipment has been re ceived. Tahitian pineapples have been classed by experts as among the best in the world for canning.
Mr. Bambridge left recently for Suva, Fiji, in connection with the new industry, and it is believed that he will also visit Hawaii.
Mrs. Daisy Overton, a well-known member of the American colony in Tahiti, arrived in Sydney by the Niagara in
March, accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. Overton-French. For some years past Mrs. Overton, who comes from California, has made her home in Tahiti.
They left Sydney during April for
Colombo, and will travel back to Tahiti by way of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies.