Price Of Fruit Is Up—

But Payment Is Delayed

Prom Our Own Correspondent

Mangaia. C. 1., May.

THE price of oranges has been increased, at least for the May shipment, to 10/4 per case, Mangaia. This is a slight improvement on last year’s price and, as such, is easy to take.

However, Mangaians are not so pleased at the time lag between shipment and payment. This was our first fruit-boat this year, but instead of paying as soon as the fruit was delivered to the ship, the representatives of the NZ Internal Marketing Division did not pay until a week later.

Mangaians are very hard up, and this has caused considerable inconvenience, and anger.

The 50th anniversary of the arrival in Samoa of Brother Alfred—still a hale and hearty and much-loved teacher at the Marist Brothers School—was cele brated in Apia on May 18, by a large gathering of Samoan residents.

Last year New Caledonia exported 20,000 deer skins to Australia comnared whit 81.500 in 1940. the last normal year The deer population of the country by human population. Cattle n^ es reaching Australia numbered 12,500, *B,OOO in 1940. To-day Noumea shoemakers complain that they cannot get enough leather from the Corn monwealth,

Colonel-doctor Sanner has been ap pointed head of the New Caledonian Health Department in succession to Colonel Giordani. Captain Dr. Ragusin will succeed Dr. Languyon at the Institute Gaston Bourret. A number of other doctors of the Army Medical Service have arrived in Noumea to join the Health De partments in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides.