Shell Find in Gulf
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THURSDAY ISLAND pearlers are re ported to have found "significant new deposits in the Gulf of Carpen taria.”
It was claimed in Brisbane that the deposits totalled 300 to 400 tons. (The present price of shell ranges from £A3OO to £A85O per ton, in New York according to grade).
The discovery, it is believed, will help the industry to keep up the supply of pearl shell to American factories which otherwise would convert their machinery to making plastic buttons.
Mr. Paul Harricks has become Pan American Airways District Traffic and Sales manager in Fiji, with head quarters in Nadi. He is well known there. His parents were connected with the CSR Co. for many years, and he was a member of the Fiji second contingent to the RAF to serve in World War II. He has represented PAA at Canton Island for two years.
The Anglican Cathedral at Suva, Fiji, the first stage of which has now been [completed. Photo by Stinsons Studios.