Japs
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Solomons Miners Defy Japs Attention tor Rubber Plantations
DURING the whole six months the Japanese were on Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) four Australian gold-miners—A. Wilmot, F. M. Campbell, A. Andresen and H. L. Freshwater—con o work their alluvial gold leases 1 0 up in the mountains (says Winston Turner, in a despatch to “Sun”).
Recently, Wilmot was murdered by natives. His mutilated body was found m his hut, where he had evidently been attacked while reading. A suspect was arrested; but now, says Turner, he is serving in the police force! The other three miners are carrying on.
The correspondent says that 900 rub ber trees at Berande (Guadalcanal) owned by SI Development Co. (a BP subsidiary) and planted many years ago, ar e n °w receiving attention. About 8,000 rubber trees on Santa Ysabel, owned by another Australian company, also are expected to yield satisfactorily.