New Baby Tractor
p. 88 · Read in the full issue
RANSOMES, Sims and Jeffries Ltd., engineers of Ipswich, England, have produced a new garden tractor which will be of interest to owners of small holdings in the Pacific Islands. The new machine is called the MGS, and looks like a miniature tank as it has rubber tracks.
While being quite as versatile as the ordinary hand-tractor, or rotary hoe, it has the added advantage of permitting the operator to ride as he works. With this machine you can plough, cultivate or hoe between row-crops, harrow, make ridges or furrows, roll grass, haul loads or spray crops. Petrol consumption is three to 4£- pints per hour.
M. and Madame Jocteur, who have been spending a lengthy holiday in Sydney, have returned to their plantation home on Efate Island, in the New Hebrides, about 8 miles from Vila. M. Jocteur is an old resident of the Condominium, and takes a very keen interest in international affairs.