Trochus At £255A
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Per Ton
A PARCEL of 12 tons of Solomon Is lands trochus shell was sold in Sydney at the end of February at £255 per ton, FOB Sydney. This is the highest orice paid in the South Pacific for this' commodity for many years— probably a record.
The source of the demand for trochus shell —which has doubled the price over 12 months —has not been disclosed. It is clear, however, that the continued de
mand and high price are tending to re vive one of the oldest if the least conspicuous industries of the South Seas.
There is a wide variation, however, in the prices for shell taken in the South west Pacific, Fiji, etc.
One thousand babies have been born in Nurse Morrison’s private nursing hos pital in Suva, Fiji, since she opened it 26 years ago. The I,oooth baby was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Edwards — Mr. Edwards is on the staff of the Cus tom’s Department Suva; and the first baby was David, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Mune of Suva.