Fiji Prices Control
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rE following have been appointed to the Fiji Central Price Control Committee by the Governor. Sir Philip Mitchell: Mr. C. W. Aidnev (chairman), Hon. Mr. J. Trotter, Mr. H.
J. S. Allen. Mr. R. A. Crompton, Mr. K.
R. Sands. Mr. L. C. Bentley, Mr. H. Saho dar Singh..
Export Duties on Samoan Produce
Apia, Oct. 1.
THE following export duties came into force on August 13;— Copra—£2 per ton (10% ad valorem).
Cocoa —31% ad valorem.
Rubber —3d. per lb.
Panain—s% ad valorem.
Edible fruit (other than bananas) and vegetables—ld. per lb.
A rebate of 10/- per ton is granted on European-produced copra.
Mr. W. H. Fleming, who was a member of the staff of the Public Works Depart ment in New Guinea for about 15 years, and who left the Territory last April, is now a member of the RAAF, and sta tioned in WA. Mrs. Fleming is living in St. Peters, South Australia.
The wedding of Miss Emily Jacobsen, of Lae only daughter of Mr. C. M. Jacobsen, late of Markham Valley Producers, to Mr.
J. C. Goad, Jr.. NGVR, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Goad, of Kavieng, took place in Sydney on October 31.
Private Tom Lawrie, son of Mr. T.
Lawrie, formerly of the Post and Tele graph Department, Fiji, died of wounds in the Middle East while serving with the AIP. Mrs. Barrack and Miss Graburn, of Suva, and Mrs. Snow, of Vitilevu Bay, Fiji, are his aunts.
Mrs. Maria Taylor, wife of the late Mr.
J. B. Taylor, formerly of Fiji, died in Sydney on October 15. Mrs. Taylor went to Fiji with her family about 1885, and in 1890 she married Mr. Taylor. They resided at Naitasiri and Rewa, and sub sequently at Ba and Nadi, for many years, before leaving for Australia. She is sur vived by one daughter, Mrs. K. Livingston, of Sydney, and a sister, Mrs. T. P.
Nicholson, and two brothers, Mr, G. T.
Barker and Mr. Alport Barker, all of Suva.