Samoan Planters' Loss
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Prom Our Own Correspondent T tt „ APIA, Oct. 15.
HE cancellation of the October trip of the “Maui Pomare” owing to the breakdown of the engines on the last trip, means a considerable loss to banana growers here. The usual quantities of fruit were coming forward and, of course, there is no means of preserving them— the fruit is simply thrown away. Pro ducers of cocoa are enjoying a harvest— the prices are very good and are getting better—but the banana money, being spread throughout the community, among a large number of small growers has a quicker effect on local economic condi tions.
Mr. Leslie G. Selwood recently resigned from the New Guinea Administration.