Sugar-Cane Expedition

To New Guinea

THIS month a two-man expedition will leave Brisbane for New Guinea to look for new varieties of sugar cane.

The two men are Mr. J. H. Buzacott, a cane breeder, and Mr. C. G. Hughes, pathologist; both are on the staff of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations.

Last cane expedition to New Guinea was sent by the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. in 1914. Some of the best of the sugar-cane grown to-day is the result of that trip. The present expedition will concentrate on early maturing varieties, and, for the first time, Central Highlands cane will be investigated.

Mr. A. F. Ward, Collector of Customs, Suva, has been transferred to Mauritius as Deputy Comptroller of Customs. He is at present on leave in the United King dom and will leave there for Mauritius in May.