Soap-Making Factory
p. 12 · Read in the full issue
In Fiji
COPRA growers in the Pacific may be interested in the fact that the Suva works of Union Soaps Pty., Ltd., mills an average of five tons of copra every eight working hours. The resultant coconut oil, which is part of the material used in soap-making, is stored in tanks, the capacity of which is nearly 300 tons.
An article in the “Fiji Times'’ of Aug ust 19 describes the activities of this enterprising concern which manufac tures ten varieties of household soap, a toilet soap and sand soap. To carry out its operations the company has to import tallow and fine pumice sand from New Zealand: but, at any rate, it has the ad vantage of an abundant supply of copra right on the spot.
The company does not appear to en gage to any extent in the export trade— it confines itself to meeting the local de mand.