Lindenhafen
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Leased By Colonel H. f. Allan
ALONG lease of famous Lindenhafen Plantation, on the south coast of i\ew Britain, has been taken from Burns Philp & Co., Ltd.,, by Colonel H. T.
Allan. This plantation is capable of pro ducing from 70 to 90 tons of copra per month.
Before the war, Colonel Allan was en gaged in goldmining at Wau, New Guinea. He was a World War I veteran, and he served with distinction in World War 11, and was decorated. In 1946, he joined with others in establishing a trad ing firm in Rabaul, and he now has ex tended his operations.
It was Colonel Allan who went person ally to Canberra, about October, 1947, and placed the dismal condition of New Guinea before the Government and the newspapers. As a result, considerable re forms were carried out. Colonel Allan reported recently to friends in Sydney: “Things are much better up here now and we are all getting somewhere.”