Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1951Vol. XXI, No. 10

Sulphur Deposits In New Hebrides

p. 18 · Read in the full issue

Page 1818

(See article Page 34)

Some of the sulphur at the deposits on Mt. Surtamatit, Vanua Lava, In the Banks Group, New Hebrides. These deposits have been known to exist for the last 65 years and two companies—one French and one Australian —have been interested in them. The world is now suffering an acute shortage of sulphur which is used extensively in modern manufacturing, and it has been suggested that deposits in the New Hebrides and in New Britain and New Guinea should again be investigated.

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