G Factories Cannot Compete
p. 23 · Read in the full issue
Against Ceylon
'HE desiccated coconut factories at ’ Beliau Island and Alexishafen ladang) have been forced to close wn. The blame is placed largely .the high freight rates from New Jinea to the markets in Australia
—Ceylon being able to sell the equivalent produce in Australia at a figure below the landed cost of the New Guinea product. The BeJiau Island factory is owned by a
subsidiary of W. R. Carpenter & Co., Ltd., Sydney, and the Alexis hafen factory belongs to the Catholic Mission there. Both will open again if conditions improve.