New Industry in Samoa
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From Our Own Correspondent
Apia, Feb. 12.
Anew industry which now is making headway in Samoa is the production of arrowroot starch from Cassava.
Packaged, it is sold locally and also ex ported to New Zealand where it finds an increasing market, since it can be uti lized both for cooking and in the laundry.
Cassava starch is being manufactured at the NZ Reparation Estates’ factory at Vailele, where machinery grates and pulps the roots into a mash which, after the addition of water, is sieved into vats.
When the starch has been allowed to pre cipitate, it is sliced into blocks and sun-dried, ready to be packeted.
Mr, W, G. Keith, of Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd.’s inspection staff arrived at Rabaul, TNG, in mid-February to act as New Britain manager during the ab sence in Australia of Mr. P. Coote.