Papuan Rubber By Air
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Pt. Moresby, Nov. 4.
RUBBER from the Government station at Kokoda, the hill station in the interior of the Northern Division, situated not far from the Yodda Valley, is now being transported to Port Mores by air, for shipment to Australia.
Previously, the long overland route to Buna had been used, over steep moun tain ranges and plains, entailing many days’ travel by carriers.
The production of rubber at Kokoda, has considerably increased within th£* last two years. Last vear, 1.000 acres were taken up for rubber cultivation— on land hitherto declared waste and va cant, but which shows every promise of being excellent for rubber-growing.
Nurse Clara Pech, of the Lutheran Mission, Finschhafen, New Guinea, was married at the end of October to Mr.
Valentine Rohrlach, master of the mis sion schooner, “Bavaria”. They are now spending their honeymoon in Australia.