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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1952Vol. XXIII, No. 4

T°™ 9? unc JJ e l! ct^ ns on November

p. 111 · Read in the full issue

Samoan Cocoa Market

OFFERS for Samoan cocoabeans reaching Apia in October ranged from £2OO to £240 per ton f.o.b. for first grade sun-dried and hot air dried.

There is at present a good crop being picked but planters and merchants seem inclined to hold out for better prices.

Probably the oldest voter in Suva T°™ 9? unc JJ e l! ct^ ns on November M T . r * *. *. a '' ua ) Johnson, Johns °n; who is 90, was himself formerly a Councillor and for a time ac * e( * as Mayor of Suva. His son » Mr. W. G. Johnson, was elected unopposed to the new Town Coun cil.