Niue Mills Own

Timber Now

Niue Is., Sept. 10.

SOME time ago the Public Works Overseer on Niue Is., Mn Archie Jacobsen, constructed a small mill, which has been cutting hundreds of feet of useful native timber for all purposes. Until now* literally thousands of pounds haw been spent over the years on ex? pensive imported timber for buildinji and other purposes.

The mill is proving a valuable asset not only to the Administration* but to private individuals who ar times can have their timber milled!; Niue has fairly large resources in ex? tremely good varieties of timber ano much of it is excellent for buildingj and furniture-making. Unfortunately! the best timber is almost impossible l to get out of the bush owing to thoj rocky terrain of Niue’s inner areas which is the most heavily timbered!

When TEAL’s Solent took ofi from Auckland on October 21 on* the first regular flight to Samoa* Miss Mavis Rivers, well-known “torch singer” of NZ night-club ano radio, had the distinction of beingi the first and only Samoan aboard!

She will spend several months as home at Apia before returning to Auckland.