Norfolk Island Fruit
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"Tasman" Takes Oranges to New Zealand
THE third shipment of Norfolk Island fruit—mainly oranges—to New Zea land since 1935 arrived at Auck land on August 12 by the K.P.M. steamer “Tasman”. In recent years N.I. has ex perienced difficulty in producing suffi cient fruit to warrant the diversion or chartering of a ship.
Over 600 cases were received by the Internal Marketing Department of the N.Z. Government, and prices realised were oranges 15/- a case and grapefruit 16/-.
The motor-ship “Maetsuycker” called at Norfolk in July last year for oranges in similar circumstances to the “Tas man”, but rough weather forced her to sail and leave the larger proportion be hind. To save heavy loss to the islanders, the BP. steamer “Morinda” was sent at the instance of the Australian Govern ment to pick up the remaining cargo for Auckland.
Mr. Donald G. Kennedy, Administra tive Officer in the Ellice Islands, arriv ed in Sydney early in August and sailed on the Bth by the “Strathmore” for Lon don on his way to Oxford University for a year’s study of anthropology. He is a New Zealander, has spent 15 years in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Col ony, and is the author of “The Culture of Vaitupu”, a scientific work dealing with the Ellice natives.