Tomatoes!
p. 88 · Read in the full issue
Middlemen Enjoy Cook Is.
T'HE Mauri Pomare took the season’s first shipment of Cook Islands tomatoes to Auckland in July. Marketed by the growers through their agents the shipment realised about 22/6d per 20 lb case
in the Auckland market. But, on sale retail, they were priced at 4/- per pound. Even then, they sold readily.
Father R. Nowak, of the Society of the Divine Word Mission, Alexis hafen, NG. has retired from active mission work after spending 40 years in the Territory.