Black Lip Pearl Shell
p. 43 · Read in the full issue
In Demand
IT was reported in Sydney on October 14 that Black Lip pearl shell is being quoted in Tahiti at £6O per ton, f.o.b.
This remarkable rise is in line with that ot all similar products. Trochus shell, during the past 12 months, has increased 50 per cent, in quoted value.
Mrs. May, the wife of Captain A. E.
May. who until recently was in Port Moresby with the forces, is in Fairfield Hospital, Melbourne, suffering from meningitis. Dr. May was medical officer Moresby until early this year Mrs May’s condition was reported this week to be improving.