Market Quotations

A patriotic society formed by the natives of Nauru has sent £100 to the funds of the Australian Red Cross Society. The donation came through the Administrator of Nauru to the Prime Minister of Australia.

Mr, H. B. Carver, well-known in con nection with public works in New Guinea, died recently at Madang, from blackwater fever.

A daughter was born in Sydney re cently to Rev. Leslie and Mrs. Stibbard (nee Margaret Piers), of the Melanesian Mission in the Solomon Islands.

Mr. V. L. Morisset, who was Registrar of the Central Court in Rabaul, New Guinea, in 1923-24, died recently in Aus tralia.

Mr. Clement Priestly, of Mandated Alluvlals N.L., married Miss Georgina Meyer, of Sydney, at the Roman Catholic Church, Port Moresby. Papua, on March 24. Mr. Priestly is a brother-in-law to the late Mr. Jack Hides.

London

Rubber

Para.

Plantation Smoked.

Price on— per lb. per lb.

January 6, 1933 4%d 2.43d July 7 5%d 3.71d December 8 . . . 4%d 4.0% January 5, 1934 , 4‘/ 4 d 4.28d July 6 5»/ 2 d 7.06d December 28 .. 6*/ 4 d January 4, 1935 5d , 6%d July 5 .. 7%d December 6 .. .. 6%d January 3, 1936 . 6*/ad June 5 .. 7‘/ 4 d December 4 .. . 1/- 9 l-16d January 8, 1937 . 1/2 . . . 10‘/ad June 4 9 5-8d December 3 .. . .. 7Vad January 7, 1938 . 7*/ 4 d , 7d July 1 ■ 7%d December 2 .. . . 8d January 6, 1939 , . 8Vad February 3 .. .. .. 7%d March 3 8 5-16d April 6 ,. 8d May 5 7 15/16d June 2 8 5-16d July 7 . 8‘/ 4 d August 4 . 8‘/ad September 8 .. . 9%d-10d October 6 .. .. 9 9/18d October 20 .. .. . 10%d October 27 .. .. lid . . 10 13/16d November 3 .. . lid . . lOVsd November 10 .. . . 11 3/16d November 17 .. .

UMid . . 10.03%d November 24 . . . . 11.5%d December 1 .. .. . 11‘/ad December 8 .. .. . UVad December 15 .. . . 11.9%d December 22 .. . . 11.6%d December 29 .. . . 11.65%d January 5, 1940 . 13d . . 11.6% January 12 . . .. 13d . . ll.SVad January 19 .. .. 12d January 26 .. .. . 11.9%d February 2 .. .. . 11 %d February 9 .. .. . 12%d February 16 .. . 13%d February 23 .. 12%d . . 12.9%d March 1 .. .. . 12‘/ad March 8 . . .. . 12‘/ 4 d March 15 . ll.l%d March 22 . . . . 12% d . . 11 ‘/ 4 d March 29 . . .. . ll'/sd April 5 . 10%d April 12 .. ,. . 11.0%d

Copra

South Sea, Plantation.

Sun-dried Hot-air Dried, Loudon to London Rabaul Price on— Per ton, c.i.f.

Per ton c.l.f.

January 1 , 1932 . . . £14 0 0 £14 15 0 June 17 . £13 2 6 £13 5 0 December 16 .. .. £14 2 6 £14 5 0 January 6 , 1933 . . . £13 0 0 £13 12 6 March 3 £11 7 6 £11 10 0 June 30 . £10 17 6 £11 0 0 September 29 .. .. £9 7 6 £9 10 0 December 1 £8 12 6 £9 0 0 January 5. , 1934 .. £8 0 0 £8 7 6 March 30 £7 7 6 £8 0 0 June 15 . £8 0 0 £8 12 6 September 7 .. .. £7 12 6 £8 15 0 December 28 .. . . £9 0 0 £9 12 6 January 4, 1935 . . . £9 5 0 £10 5 0 March 1 . £12 2 6 £12 15 0 June 7 £11 15 0 £12 7 6 September 6 .. .. £9 17 6 £10 17 6 December 6 .. .. £12 17 6 £14 0 0 South Sea South Sea Plantation Smoked, to Genoa Sun-Dried Hot-air Dried.

London and Marseilles, to London Rabaul.

Price on— Per ton, c.l.f . Per ton, c.i.f.

Per ton, c.l.f.

Jan. 3, ’36 £13 2 6 £13 15 0 £14 0 0 Mar. 6 . . £11 15 0 £12 15 0 £13 0 0 June 5 . . £11 10 0 £12 0 0 £12 17 6 Sept. 4 . . £13 2 6 £13 10 0 £14 12 6 Dec. 4 . . £19 7 6 £19 7 6 £20 7 6 Jan. 8, ’37 £22 12 6 £22 12 6 £23 12 6 Mar. 5 . . £19 0 0 £19 5 0 £20 0 0 June 4 . . £15 15 0 £15 12 6 £16 12 6 Sept. 3 . . £13 5 0 £13 5 0 £14 0 0 Dec. 3 . . £12 10 0 £12 12 6 £13 7 6 Jan. 7, ’38 £12 12 6 £12 15 0 £13 12 6 Feb. 4 . . £11 2 6 £11 10 0 £12 7 6 Mar. 4 . . £10 17 6 £11 0 0 £12 0 0 Apr. 1 . . £10 10 0 £10 12 6 £11 10 0 May 6 . . £10 17 6 £10 17 6 £11 17 6 June 3 . . £9 15 0 £9 15 0 £10 12 6 July 1 . . £9 17 6 £9 17 6 £10 17 6 Aug. 5 . . £9 15 0 £9 15 0 £10 15 0 Sept. 2 . . £9 10 0 £9 10 0 £10 10 0 Oct. 7 . . £9 2 6 £9 2 6 £10 2 6 Nov. 4 . . £8 12 6 £8 12 6 £9 10 0 Dec. 2 . . £9 5 0 £9 5 0 £10 2 6 Jan. 6. ’39 £9 12 6 £9 15 0 £10 10 0 Jan.27 £9 7 6 £9 10 0 £10 5 0 Feb. 3 . . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 10 0 Feb. 24 £9 17 6 £10 2 6 £11 0 0 Mar. 3 . . £10 0 0 £10 2 6 £11 0 0 Mar. 17 . £9 15 0 £9 17 6 £10 17 6 Mar. 24 £ff 15 0 £9 17 6 £10 17 6 Mar. 31 . £9 12 6 £9 15 0 £10 15 0 April 6 £9 12 6 £9 15 0 £10 15 0 April 14 . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 12 6 April 21 . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 12 6 April 28 . £9 17 6 £10 0 0 £11 0 0 May 5 . . £10 0 0 £10 5 0 £11 0 0 May 12 £10 5 0 £10 10 0 £11 5 0 May 19 £10 5 0 £10 7 6 £11 2 6 May 26 £10 7 6 £10 10 0 £11 7 6 June 2 £10 7 6 £10 10 0 £11 7 6 June 9 £10 5 0 £10 10 0 £11 7 6 June 16 . £9 15 0 £10 0 0 £10 17 6 June 23 . £9 10 0 £9 15 0 £10 15 0 June 30 . £9 5 0 £9 7 6 £10 7 6 July 7 . , £9 2 6 £9 7 6 £10 5 0 July 14 £9 0 0 £9 5 0 £10 0 0 July 21 . £8 15 0 £8 17 6 £9 12 6 July 28 £9 0 0 £9 2 6 £10 0 0 Aug. 4 . . £9 2 6 £9 5 0 £10 5 0 Aug. 11 , £9 2 6 £9 5 0 £10 5 0 Aug. 18 . £9 0 0 £9 2 6 £10 5 0 Aug. 25 . £9 5 0 £9 7 6 £10 7 6 Sept. 1 . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 12 6 Sept. 8—Not quoted—outbreak of war.

Sept. 15 . [not quoted] Sept. 19 . [not quoted] Sept. 22 . [not quoted] Oct. 6 . . £11 15 0 [unquoted] £12 15 0 Oct. 12. —Fixed price based on £ 12/7/6 per ton. c.l.f,, London, for plantation hot-air dried.

Jan. 8. ’40.—Fixed price, until further notice. based on £13/5/ - per ton. c.l.f..

London, for plantation hot-air dried.

Mr. and Mrs. Dyson Hore-Lacy, of Ulatawa, Kokopo, received many con gratulations from their New Guinea friends on the birth of a son on March 27, at Denholm private hospital, Sydney.

Bombardier Douglas Pike, of the Royal Australian Artillery garrison in Papua, married Miss Daphne May Pearce, of Penshurst, Sydney, at St. John’s Anglican Church, Port Moresby, on March 23.

Mrs. G. Furter, of Rabaul, returned to New Guinea by airliner at the end of March, after an absence of three years from the Territory.

Mrs. T. Miller, of Paili Plantation.

Papua, was admitted to Port Moresby Hospital in March, suffering from black water fever. Mrs. Miller, who was ac companied by Miss Neibuhr, of the S.D.A. mission at Vilirupu, who went to her assistance, was brought into Port Moresby by the mission launch “Diari”. Mrs.

Miller is now recovering.