Price Of Gold
pp. 67-68 · Read in the full issue
Mr. A. C. Rentoul, Resident Magistrate at Bwagaoia, Papua, arrived in Sydney recently on leave. He was accompanied by Mrs. Rentoul.
The well known Pacific Islands steamer “Fiona”, 2,198 tons, which has been engaged largely in the Fiji sugar trade since she was built in 1933, was badly damaged in a collision with a small coastal steamer, the “Cardross”, near Sydney, on December 15. The “Cardross” sank at sea, but the “Fiona” got safely into port and is now undergoing repairs.
(Australian Official Quotations) Pine Standard oz. oz.
January 1, 1940 .. .. £ 10/12/6 £ 9/14/9 % February 5 £10/12/9 £ 9/15/0 •/« March 4 to June 17 .. £10/13/3 £ 9/15/5 3 /» June 24 to July 7 £ 10/12/6 £ 9/15/0 y 4 July 8 £10/11/- £9/13/5 August 5 to Sept. 14 .. £10/12/6 £8714/9% Sept. 21 to Jan. 6 .. £10/14/- £9/16/2
All three communities in Samoa — Europeans, Samoans and Euronesians — subscribed liberally to the £5,000 raised to purchase fighter aeroplanes for the RAF. Messrs. O. F. Nelson & Co., and the Apia Stevedoring Co. each gave £lOO.