Lemons Wanted In
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Australia
THE long-continued drought has ruined the Australian lemon-crop; and this, combined with wartime inability to import from the Mediter ranean, has sent Australian pastrycooks and confectionery manufacturers search ing frantically for supplies of “candied peel”. Much attention has been given to Norfolk Island, where lemons grow wild, and plentifully; but the fruit there has a coarse, thick skin, and is not what the market urgently demands.
The only Australian districts producing good lemons at present are Queensland and Mildura (Vic.) and growers there are getting up to £lB per ton. Any Islands planters with crops of good lemons should make contact with the Australian market.
Mr. T. T. Russell, Resident Magistrate at Suva, Fiji, has received notice of his transfer on promotion to the Straits Settlements as Crown Counsel. He has been in Fiji since 1936, having previously served in Siam. Mr. A. G. Forbes, Crown Attorney at Dominica, who will succeed Mr. Russell, is expected to arrive in Suva in December.