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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1952Vol. XXII, No. 7

Rabaul’S New Copra

p. 104 · Read in the full issue

Carrier At Work

Buka, Jan.

THE Polurrian, the new li island ship that the Boug ville Co. brought out from Eng] for servicing the Bougainville trict, has completed her first having filled with copra' from and Numa Numa plantations.

She created a good impres She is a trim, steel ship, with hold accommodation and et ment. She is the biggest ii island ship in the copra-can business a'nd a distinct acquis to the fleet operating out of Ra The Bougainville Co. is bui its own wharf and storage she< Rabaul. Ability to make a < turn-around in Rabaul si contribute to successful opers Senator Roy Kendall, forme; Master in the pre-war New Gi inter-island vessels, is in charj the Polurrian during the Parlian ary recess. He was keen tc the conditions in these waters, to resume acquaintanceship wit friends and places.