Bad Weather And Bananas
p. 48 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Apr. 14.
OWING to the adverse weather condi tions and the resulting difficulty in spraying the banana plants, the “Matua” had to leave Samoa, this trip, with a considerable shortage in her Samoan banana shipment. Instead of the full quota of 12,000 cases, only 9,500 cases were shipped.
This is the first time that such a shortage has occurred in Samoa, al though Fiji, Rarotonga, Tonga and Niue have been short in their quotas for several months, as a result of the January hurri cane.