No Ships Fob Cattle
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Transport To Bsi
From Our Own Correspondent
Honiara, June 30
THE 8.5.1. P. Government is still trying to get breeding cattle from Aus tralia to replace the herds lost during the war, but so far progress has not been encouraging.
Very high prices in Australia have added to the replacement problem, but the great difficulty is lack of shipping, and up to mid-June no suitable ship for transporting cattle had been found.
The first large post-war shipment of cattle to the Protectorate was made by the L.S.T. Rawhiti in June 1949, when 400 beasts were successfully imported by the Fairymead Sugar Company. Many private people are also anxious to import cattle if shipping can be arranged.