Norfolk Island's Trade
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THE following table shows the Norfolk Island customs returns for the six months ended December 31, 1939 (figures for 1938 given for comparison):—
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. P, Maguire, of Kavieng, New Guinea, on January 10.
Having made a special health inspec tion of the 40,000 natives who inhabit the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Dr. V. W.
T. McGusty, Director of Medical Ser vices in Fiji, arrived in Auckland lately.
He informed the newspapers that he found the Gilbert and Ellice people in excellent health. Their chief article of food is fish.
Mrs. Ina Pryke, widow of the late Mr.
Frank Pryke, returned to Sydney in January after spending some weeks, very ill, in the hospital in Wau, New Guinea.
During her sojourn there her daughter, Mrs. Blander, entered the hospital and gave birth to a daughter there, on De cember 31.
Imports From From From New Pacific Australia.
Zealand.
Islands. 1938 .. .. £13,891 £72 1939 .. .. £12,714 — £140 Exports To To To New Pacific Australia.
Zealand.
Islands. 1938 . . £4,824 £452 £152 1939 .. £2,818 £252 £21