Copra Price
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Small Drop in Fiji Copra Price
Suva, Dec. 4.
A REDUCTION of 8/6 per ton was made in the local buying price of copra on December 2. This is purely a local matter and is brought about by increased costs in handling and insurance incurred by the Fiji Copra Board. The price paid by the British Ministry of Food for Fiji copra remains unaltered.
The new price will be £25/15/- for FMS grade copra and £26/0/6 for Plantation grade.
The Rev. Arthur McChesney Clark, an Australian, who has served with the London Missionary Society in China, has been transferred to the Papua Branch of the Mission. He and Mrs. Clark expect to leave tor the Territory shortly.
Mr. Raymond John Deland, eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. Deland, of Madang, New Guinea, graduated BSc at Adelaide Uni versity in December. He is well-known in the Territory, where he spent his early years.
The electric smelters at Yate, south east coast of New Caledonia, owned by the Nickel Co., have re-opened after 12 years, so that this delightfully situated little township, which sprawls like a Swiss village up the precipitous slopes over looking the Yate gorge, is repopulating.