New Caledonia Prospers
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New Caledonia, Aug. 28.
rE United States ..Army has under taken to buy the 1943 New Cale donian coffee crop, at prices fixed in conjunction with the local administra tion, which represent a rise of 4.75 francs a kilo for Arabica and 2 francs a kilo Robusta over those prevailing last year, when some of the coffee went to Australia and New Zealand. The new prices are: Arabica, 14.05 francs, and Robusta, 10 francs.
New Caledonia’s Post Office Savings Bank deposits increased from 38 million to over 51 million francs between Janu ary and August 1. Prior to the Ameri can Army’s arrival in March, 1942, they amounted to 24 million francs. The Colony has never been one-half so rich as it is to-day.
Mr. S. S. Chowla, a prominent member of Fiji’s Indian community, died in Suva, on April 7. He went to the Colony as a youth, and entered the Civil Service in 1908, where he served in various capacities until his health broke down last year while acting as Deputy Registrar-General, and he was obliged to retire from the service. He is survived by his wife, who is a sister of Mr. J. Grant, MBE, and by a son, Mr. Stanley Chowla, who is a teacher in India.