Copra Pool

New Hebrides Against Copra Pool

OUR correspondent in the New Heb rides says that the Copra Pool that was proposed in November by the British Administration there was accept able neither to the British nor the French planters.

Most planters, he said, would have pre ferred to run a certain amount of risk with regard to the export of copra— even taking into account the effect of the war upon shipping in the Pacific.

Some planters suggested that, if the whole of the Pacific copra production during the war were bought bv America and Britain, at a fixed price, they would be in favour of some sort of war tax.

Monsieur Lestrade, French District Agent at Santo, has been replaced by Dr. Massal.