Desiccated Coconut From
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Kemp Welch
A DESICCATED coconut factory owned and operated by Messrs.
Harry and Tom Rosser, at Sivigolo Estate, on the Kemp .Welch River, Papua, began operating in early October and the first shipment was
made to Sydney on the November Bulolo. Mr. Harry Rosser, who has another plantation at Hisiu Beach, is considering installing a coconut desiccating factory there also.
Water for the factory and showers for the native labour lines at Sivigolo is drawn from a crystal-clear well on the property. The desiccated coconut
has to be ferried over the Kemi Welch River in canoes, then goes be lorry to the coast and by ship t; Port Moresby.