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Morobe Buys Its "Spitfire"
From Our Own Correspondent WAU, Dec. 19.
THE “Spitfire” fighter plane which residents of the Morobe District of New Guinea set out to purchase and present to Britain at the end of 1940 now has been fully paid for. Though over £3,000 was raised and sent to Lon don in April last, the fund lagged for many months. Then, in November, a Queen Competition was inaugurated and within six weeks £1,700 was collected.
The fund now has a balance of £6OO.
Miss Barbara Stephens, as Queen of Aviation, won the competition, having raised £433. Miss Shirley Budden (Min ing). with £4lB, was second and Sister Morton (Nursing), £268. third. Warm tributes have been paid locally to Mr.
Les. Farmer, for his indefatigable work as hon. secretary of the fund.
Dr. E. T. Brennan, DSO, MC, well known as Government Health Officer in New Guinea, has arrived in Australia to take up a responsible appointment with the military authorities. During the last war he served as Lieut.-Colonel in the Ist Aust. Field Ambulance and later as a surgeon on an Australian warship.
Dr. H. C. Hosking is now Acting Direc tor of Public Health in New Guinea.
Mr. Charles Vincent Caldwell, who has been in the Fiji Civil Service for 35 years, arrived in Australia in December on three months’ furlough, prior to retirement. One of four sons of the late C. W. Caldwell, all of whom joined the Fiji Service, Mr. Caldwell entered the Customs Department as a Boarding Offi cer early in 1906. Nine years later, after serving at Suva and Levuka, he joined the Treasury Department. He was transferred to the Administrative Sec tion in 1920, as Acting District Commis sioner at Lau. During the past 20 years, he served in practically every district of the Colony as DC. His last post was DC for the Southern District and Pro vincial Commissioner for Tailevu, Naita siri, Rewa, Serua. Namosi, Colo East and Kadavu. He was appointed an Offi cial Member of the Legislative Council in May, 1940.
Dr. G. H. Vernon, who has been in New- South Wales on furlough from Misima Is., Eastern Papua, left Sydney for Queensland, on his way back to Papua, in January.
Copra
South Sea, Plantation, Sun-dried Hot-air Dried, London to London Rabaul Price on— Per ton. c.i.f.
Per ton c i.f.
January 1, 1932 £14 0 0 £14 15 0 June 17 .. .. £13 2 6 £13 5 0 December 16 . . £14 2 6 £14 5 0 January 6. 1933 £13 0 0 £13 12 6 June 30 . . . . £10 17 6 £11 0 0 December 1 .. £8 12 6 £9 0 0 January 5, 1934 £8 0 0 £8 7 6 June 15 . . .. £8 0 0 £8 12 6 December 28 . . £9 0 0 £9 12 6 January 4, 1935 £9 5 0 £10 5 0 June 7 .. .. £11 15 0 £12 7 6 December 6 . , £12 17 6 £14 0 0 South Sea South Sea Plantation Smoked to Genoa Sun-dried Hot-air Dried London and Marseilles to London.
Rabaul.
Price on— Per ton. c.i.f.
Per ton. c.i.f.
Per ton, c.i.f.
Jan. 3. ’36 £13 2 6 £13 15 0 £14 0 0 Mar. 6 . . £11 15 0 £12 15 0 £13 0 0 June 5 . . £11 10 0 £12 0 0 £12 17 6 Sept. 4 . . £13 2 6 £13 10 0 £14 12 6 Dec. 4 . . £19 7 6 £19 7 6 £20 7 6 Jan. 8, ’37 £22 12 6 £22 12 6 £23 12 6 Mar. 5 . . £19 0 0 £19 5 0 £20 0 0 June 4 . . £ 15 15 0 £15 12 6 £16 12 6 Sept. 3 . . £13 5 0 £13 5 0 £14 0 0 Dec. 3 . . £12 10 0 £12 12 6 £13 7 6 Jan. 7. ’38 £12 12 6 £12 15 0 £13 12 6 Mar. 4 . . £10 17 9 £11 0 0 £12 0 0 June 3 . . £9 15 0 £9 15 0 £10 12 6 Sept. 2 . . £ 9 10 0 £9 10 0 £10 10 0 Dec. 2 . . £9 5 0 £9 5 0 £10 2 6 Jan. 6. ’39 £9 12 6 £9 15 0 £10 10 0 Feb. 3 . . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 10 0 Mar. 3 . . £10 0 0 £10 2 6 £11 0 0 Apr. 6 . . £ 9 12 6 £9 15 0 £10 12 6 May 5 . . £10 0 0 £10 5 0 £11 0 0 June 2 . . £10 7 6 £10 10 0 £11 7 6 July 7 . . £9 2 6 £9 7 6 £10 5 0 Aug. 4 . £9 2 6 £9 5 0 £10 5 0 Sept. 1 . . £9 10 0 £9 12 6 £10 12 6 Sept. 8.—Not quoted—outbreak of war.
Sept. 15 to 29.- -Not quoted.
Oct. 6 . . £11 15 0 [unquoted] £12 15 0 Oct. 12.—Fixed price based on £12/7/6 per ton, c.i.f., London , for plantation hot-air dried.
Jan. 8. 1940 to .
April 20. 1940. —Fixed price, for plantation, hot-air dried. £13/5/- per ton, c.i.f., London.
April 20, 1940.—Fixed price for plantation, hotair dried. £12/17/6 per i ton, c.i.f., London.
Since then, quotations nominal, as above.
London
Copra
Price
Straits copra, sun-dried, was quoted by "The Economist” at £12/10/per ton, c.i.f., in London, throughout the first quarter of 1941.
Rubber
Plantation London Para.
Smoked.
Price on— per lb. per lb.
January 6. 1933 4 3 / 4 d 2.43d July 7 5 3 /ad 3.71d December 8 ., . 4%d . . 4.0 s /ad January 5, 1934 4‘/ 4 d 4.28d July 6 5‘/ad 7.06d December 28 .. 5d .. 6V 4 d January 4, 1935 5d .. 6%d July 5 5d 7 7 /«d December 6 6 3 / 4 d 6%d January 3, 1936 6 3 / 4 d 6%d June 5 9d 7‘/ 4 d December 4 .. , 1/- .. 9 l-16d January 8. 1937 1/2 .. lOMid June 4 lid 9 5-8d December 3 .. 7Vid 7Vid January 7, 1938 7V 4 d .. 7d July 1 6%d 7Vid December 2 7 Vad 8d January 6, 1939 7d 8V.d July 7 7%d .. ay 4 d December 1 ._ 12d .. ny.d January 5, 1940 13d .. 11.8%d July 5 I5d .. 12%d December 6 .. . 13d . 12d January 3, 1941 13d .. 12.47%d February 7 13d . 12.5 s / a d March 7 15d . . 13 5 /ad April 4 15d . . 14 Vad May 2 .. 16‘/ad . . 14.0 5 /ed June 6 .. 16‘/ad . . 13.55'ad July 4 17d . . 13 7-16d August 1 .. .. 17d . . 13‘/ad September 5 .. .
October 6 .. .. — .. 13 ll-16d October 10—Price officially fixed at . 13 3 / 4 d
Major G. D. F. Maclean, one of the best known and most highly respected residents of New Guinea, died on Decernher 25 in the Namanula Hospital, Rabaul. Except for distinguished service, during the 1914-18 war (in the course of which he won the Military Cr ° ss) Major Maclean had .spent 40 years of his life as a planter m Malaya and Java. In 1937, he went to New Gumea as plantation manager for the Vunalama Coffee Plantation Co. and took charge of the property near Keravat. Major Maclean was born in Scotland in 1878, and was twice married,
and his second wife died in New Guinea only a few months ago.
Mr. R. Browne arrived in Salamaua, New Guinea, recently, to join the staff of Burns, Philp &' Co. Ltd. He is a South Australian.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Rentoul arrived in Pt.
Moresby recently from Misima, Eastern Pa pua, where Mr. Rentoul has been RM.
Mr. Rentoul will relieve Mr. W. R. Hum phreys as Resident Magistrate at Moresby.
Mr. Humphreys, who had intended going 0 n furlough to Australia, has been ap pointed acting accountant in the Depart ment of the Government Secretary.