Own And Run

Ng Planters Now

Their Own Ship

THE 450-ton motor vessel Polur rian is doing excellent work now in bringing supplies for admin istration, missions and plantations from Rabaul to Buka and Bougain ville.

The ship loads Islands produce for her return trip to Rabaul and always carries a full load of over 4,000 bags of copra from the various plantations. She main tains a regular schedule and is popular and dependable.

Before the advent of the ship two years ago the district depended upon the Government-owned ship ping service which was irregular, and very unsatisfactory and with constantly rising freights.

Some of the Bougainville plant ers, under the leadership of Mr.

Pred Archer and Mr. James Joyes, organised and formed a com pany that brought the Polurrian out from England at the end of 1950. The company owns its own wharf and sheds in Rabaul.

The com p a n y’s Bougainville shareholders purchased recently all interests that had been held by the

former English owners of the vessel in the form of vendor’s shares.

Passenger and freight rates on the Polurrian have been lower than the rates charged by the Govern ment-owned vessels.

fl Mareko Mareko has been selecte< as the first recipient of the Did Brown Scholarship, which provide funds for the education of a Mani hiki (Cook Is.) boy in New Zealand Mareko goes to the Timaru Bovs High School. *