Islands Softwoods For
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Australia
A SHORTAGE of softwoods in Aus tralia may mean that the Common wealth will look to islands in the Pacific to fulfil the demand, said Mr.
W. G. Nosworthy, of Melbourne, re cently. He added that about 1,000,000 feet of logs was annually imported into Australia from New Guinea, in addition to timber from the Philippine Islands and British North Borneo, and Vani koro kauri from the Santa Cruz group.
There seemed every likelihood that the islands would eventually supply most of the needs of Australia in the soft woods trade.
Dr. N. B. Watch, M.8.E., of Rabaul, arrived in Australia by the March “Macdhui” from New Guinea on several months’ leave. Dr. Rogers is at present relieving at Rabaul.
A fine cloak of plaited pandanus-leaf, once the property of the high chief Tamasese of Samoa, who was killed in an affray there in 1929, has been pre sented to the Dominion Museum (New Zealand) by Mrs. H. F. Dykes. It was presented to Mrs. Dykes’ father, Mr.
J. C. Westland, in 1922, when he was stationed at the Apia Observatory, and was the gift of Tamasese.