Coconut Oil
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Ome Notes From Rabaul
First Shipment of Coconut Oil
Rabaul, Mar. 2.
The “Ernebank”, which arrived at ibaul early in February, took away the st shipment of coconut oil ever to leave e Territory. She loaded 1,094 tons of I, 500 tons of copra and 320 tons of conut meal for the United Kingdom.
Rabaul Medical Officer R. K. Wilson s been agreeably surprised at the re irkabiy quick recovery made by the ir native patients who have recently
dergone the Thoracoplasty operation
Tuberculosis. Mr. Wilson says the oracoplasty operation is r*. cure, and not undertaken merely to give relief. luring the two days that Dr. Ojala, the South Pacific Commission, was in haul, he saw a good deal of the work the village councils. He attended a eting of the Rabaul Village Council, 1 followed the Vunamami cocoa project m the tree plantings to the newly It fermentary at Ngatur. Later, he ised the Adminstration officers and the Ives who had made such a good inning on what looks like becoming important commercial venture. labaul Town Advisory Council has ed the District Commissioner, Mr. J.
K. McCarthy, to arrange for an early visit from the Papua-New Guinea Town Planning Board to confer with the TAC and Chamber of Commerce with a view to preparing a Town Plan for Rabaul.
The value of Rabaul’s exports in the year ended June 30, 1952, was nearly £3,000,000. Imports were just over £3,500,000. About 60 per cent, of the trade of the Territory flows through Rabaul.
We are told that cocoa exports will be making themselves felt presently.
Some people are asking, why export?
Why not make the confections here? It would mean the importation of skilled
labour as well as machinery; but is ot not vital to the defence of Australia that more Australians should be stationed here?
The building contractors, garage pro prietors and shop-owners who, to date, have always been able to find a job for the Asiatic or half-caste, must soon be putting out the “House Full’’ sign. What is going to happen then? The Chinese certainly did not rush the suggestion that they be given 50 Hectares and left to it.
Asked what was the Chinese reaction to the offer, Mr. C. H. Meen, member of New Britain’s District Council, said they were keen enough, but lacked capital.