Agricultural Development
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Company In Papua
From Our Own Correspondent.
Pt. Moresby, Sept. 24
PAPUAN Development Co. Ltd was registered here early in September with a nominal capital of £5,000 The first directors of the Company include Mr. J. Downs, a well-known resident of Pepua, who formerly resided at Kikori.
Mr. E. A. James, of Cuthbertson St., Pt.
Moresby, holds the Registered Office of the Company. Tt is understood that the new concern intends to develop large agricultural areas in the Territory.
Mr, John Leirstein, a Norwegian who holds a master mariner’s ticket, sailed from Sydney for the Solomon Islands hv the Malaita on October 2 to join the Melanesian Mission’s vessel Southern Cross VII. as chief officer. He replaced Mr. Hydn Jones, who has returned to Australia for the purpose of sitting for further marine examinations.