Opening Of Catholic School At New Settlement

THE formal opening of a new Catholie School took place at the Aleisa Agricultural Settlement, Western Samoa, for Euronesian settlers, in the presence of the Acting Administrator, Bishop Darnand and several hundred European and Samoan guests.

The Aleisa Settlement was started

over three years ago and now includes 34 families, who grow bananas for ex port and to a small extent root crops an d vegetables, mostly for home con sumption. They have also planted cocoa, a |? d some are picking their first crops of cocoa-beans. Between them, the settlers are now shippmg between 400 and 800 cases of bananas per steamer.