Many Melons—But No
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Transport
Nuku’alofa, October 16.
TONGAN water melon growers were disappointed when only a small por tion of their produce was shipped on the October “Matua.”
The melon crop this season is a par ticularly heavy one, due to the increased area planted with a view of export to New Zealand markets, where good prices are usually obtained.
Mr. William Nicholls, Free French soldier passed through Brisbane recently by flying-boat from Noumea, with his father, Gordon Nicholls. William Nicholls fought in the Middle East with the famous New Caledonia Battalion and was awarded the Croix de Guerre.
Mr. A. Jamieson, who was attached, in pre-war days, to the Administration at Rabaul for 17 years, is now residing in Brisbane permanently. His wife is hon. secretary of the Queensland New Guinea Association.