Sandy Creek Gold Sluicing Ltd.
p. 75 · Read in the full issue
ADVICE has been received that during the month of January, 1949, 72 oz. 1 dwt. of gold was recovered from 6,140 cubic yards of material treated at Sandy Creek leases in Morobe, New Guinea.
Queen Salote of Tonga arrived in Auckland in the “Matua” early in February, on an official visit to New Zealand. She was accompanied by the Governor of Vavau, A. Ulukalala, a lady in-waiting, and two attendants.
Hides shipped from Fiji to Sydney have won high praise from all sections of the Australian leather industry. Hides are shipped from the Colony under the close supervision of the Department of Agriculture.