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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1952Vol. XXII, No. 11

Aper From Sugar-Cane?

p. 83 · Read in the full issue

4 CUBAN, Joaquin de la Roza, working at the Herty Foundation abcratories at Savannah, Georgia, reported to have developed process for the production om sugar-cane waste of good

uality newsprint at competitive

rices.

Mr. Roza, who has been working n the process since 1918, stated that üba could produce four million tons f newsprint per annum on the basis f her present sugar crop. He stimated the cost at less than $6O er ton.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hickling and imily left Niue Island on the May ’ofua for NZ. Mr. Hickling was Education Officer at Niue and for le past seven months has been LCting Resident Commissioner dur ig Mr. C. H. W. Larsen’s furlough i New Zealand. At the beginning f next year, Mr. Hickling will go to Larotonga as Education Officer for le Cook Islands.