Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1950Vol. XX, No. 12

More Dollars For

p. 39 · Read in the full issue

Page 3939

Australian Pearl Shell

AUSTRALIAN Departmertt of Com merce stated at the end of June that shipments of pearl shell to the United States would be increased in the coming 12 months to earn more dollars.

Last year MOP exports from Australia increased 40 per cent, and brought in 1,410,000 dollars.

It is believed that shell is now regain ing markets that it lost during the war to plastics.

Mr. Patrick Costello has been re appointed a member of the Fiji Executive Council until September 30, 1950.

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