Gay And Lively
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From Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, Nov. 8.
PORT MORESBY with its steadily growing community of oil company employees and members of the military, naval and air forces, has become a gay and lively town compared with the some what dismal little backwater of 10 or 20 years ago. No less than over 200 en thusiastic spectators assembled to wit ness the swimming carnival in the local baths on October 27, It is reported that the Japanese whal ing fleet for the Antarctic this season will comprise six factory ships, 47 chaser ships, several store ships, and a large re frigerated vessel capable of taking 7,000 tons of whale meat. Whale meat is a popular food in Japan. Planters should note that the price of whale oil this season is expected to reach £2l per ton, compared with about £l5 per ton last season. If whale oil rises 40 per cent, in value, coconut oil should not be far behind.
The Australian National Research Council has published in one volume Rev.
Churchward’s “Rotuman Legends”, which have appeared from time to time in “Oceania”. Professor A. P. Elkin, head of the Department of Anthropology, Sydney University, writes an appreciative fore word. The legends are of great value to the student of anthropology and to the linguist.