Broadcast Of Copra Prices
pp. 76-77 · Read in the full issue
SOUTH SEAS produce prices (including copra) are broadcast weekly from Sydney as the first item in the news bulletin from A.W.A.’s world range short-wave station VK2ME each Sunday at 9 p.m., and Monday at 1.30 a.m. (9,590 kilocycles), VK2ME will transmit pro grammes in May on Sundays between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. (0600—0800 G.M.T.); and on Mon days (Sydney time). Operating on a 31.28 wave length between 1.30 a.m. and 3.30 a.m. (1530 —
1730 G.M.T.).
Mr, H. D, A. Joske, a well-known journalist is paying’ a visit to the Gil bert and Ellice Islands, accompanied by his wife. He hopes to spend a year or more in the Group. Mr. Joske recently spent some months among the Australian aborigines of the Cape York Peninsula, and his illustrated articles found a wide circle of interested readers.
Mr. G. E. Aumuller, manager of Messrs.
Bums, Philp &' Co., Ltd., Samarai. Papua, arrived in Sydney by the April “Bulolo” on furlough.
Mr. W. F. Hayward, Postmaster-Gen eral of Fiji, accompanied by Mrs. Hay ward returned to the Colony in mid-April by the “Remuera” after leave.
Tito Daurewa, a Fijian native student, has been raised to the priesthood by the Most Rev. Dr. C. J. Nicolas, S.M. The ceremony took place at St. Joseph’s Church, Naililili, Rewa, Fiji in April. Rev.
Father Tito Daurewa is the first Fijian student to be ordained a priest, and he spent several months studying in New Zealand.
Quotations For Mining Shares
Fiji.
Mid-Oct. Mid-Jan.
Mid-May.
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New Guinea
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Papua.
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