Natives' Strange Belief

From a Special Correspondent

Madang, June 25.

AT recent native festivities at Siassi Is., local boys were farewelled be fore leaving for Rabaul, it was an nounced—and believed by those present— that all New Guinea natives who had served in the Army during the war were to be sent to Rabaul. where they were to be executed. , . . ..

This is just another example of the backwardness of New Guinea natives, who seem to have profited little m an in tellectual sense from their years of con tact with hundreds of thousands of servicemen.

The Fiji Banana Board has fixed the following prices for bananas grown by Fijians and bought by licensed buyers: Viti Levu, Ovalau, Moturiki, Beqa, Vatu lele and small nearby islands —5/6 a case; Kadvua, Gau, Nairai, Batiki and Vanua Levu —4/6 a case. These prices came irbu effect from April 25.