Vegetable Supply
p. 108 · Read in the full issue
For Moresby
From Australia or Central Highlands
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, March 8.
PORT MORESBY’S vegetable shortage caused by the hold up on the Bulolo in Sydney in February, drew the at tention of local firms, once more, to the food-growing possibilities of the Central Highlands.
A representative of the Port Moresby Freezing Co., who visited the Highlands during the shortage, found that the natives there could supply Moresby with large quantities of vegetables. Consider able organisation is needed, however, to ensure that they bring in their vegetables to the district station at the right time and in the right quantities. When the PMF representative made his visit, he found that insufficient vegetables were available, largely because the natives did not know they could sell them.
Now that markets have been guaran teed, it is likely that they will go in for vegetable growing on a larger scale. It will be several months, however, before the supply goes anywhere near meeting the demand. The Bulolo hold up, was not really serious to Port Moresby, but showed how unwise it is for the Terri tory to continue relying on Australia for practically all its European food. One suggestion is that the Administration or private interests should establish a large vegetable farm in the Highlands.