Partially Lifted
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New Caledonian Freight Tax Partially Lifted
From Our Own Correspondent
Noumea, Oct. 14.
rE freight tax amounting to \2l per cent, will not in future be paid on imports from Australia of flour, rice, sugar, chemical goods, condensed milk, washing soap, cooking oil, and leather. It will, however, still apply to other merchandise.
Mr. V. W. Maxwell, prominent New Guinea rubber planter, is at present in Sydney on holidays. He joined the AIF some time ago, but was discharged for health reasons. Mr. Maxwell’s daughter, Miss Sonia Maxwell, who at present is doing an Arts and Social Science course at the Sydney University, has been ac cepted as a wireless telegraphist in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force.