Fiji Trochus Goes

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From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, March 16.

FIJI trochus shell yesterday rose in price by £lO a long ton (2,240 lb.), making the figure £45, (The price quoted in Sydney in March was £A6O. Because of persistent official interference with the market, prices ac tually paid in Australia are more or less hush-hush.) Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kramer, of Finsch hafen, New Guinea, now have a son, born on March 12. Joe Kramer is the son of Mr. Jack Kramer, at one time well known in Manus and on the Watut.