In Solomons
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Ew Timber Enterprise
Honiara, Oct. 1.
Ienaru Timbers Ltd., A Com
pany planning to utilise some of the forest area near Dniara, has already started ship ng operations and seems likely to ! of great value to the BSIP. The nber at present being cut, while secondary importance to the trees tat will be accessible later, has ■eat commercial possibilities. It a lightcoloured wood with dark own markings, very well suited to
plywood veneers. A small mill ar rived for the company by Sep tember Morinda, and it is announced that 120,000 super feet of timber was shipped by Muliama to Sydney on September 30.
Prime movers in the company are Mr. Norman Wallis of Sydney, and Mr. R. Dethridge and Mr. K. H.
D. Hay, of Honiara, and keen local
interest is being taken in its pro gress.
The survey sloop HMS Challenger —namesake of the first survey ship to visit Fiji waters in 1874—visited Fiji on September 4, and went on to Funafuti. G.&E. Colony. She is commanded by Commander G. S.
Richie. DSC. RN.