[?]Ghlands Foodstuffs

[?]eresting Developments in New Guinea

IE feeding of the staff of the new plywood mills at Bulolo is building up new primary in ;ries in the Morobe District. t his big farm on the slopes at ag (half-way between Lae and jlo) Mr. Mick Leahy has intro jd and bred up a poultry estab aient of no less than 6,000 birds; he is sending about 800 eggs ly, and a steady supply of poultry bo Bulolo. » virtually pioneered cattle ling in this area, and now his rprise has come good. He main s a large dairy herd on the ures he laid down, and he has died milking machines; and dy supplies of milk from his e go up the road to Bulolo.

Leahy has engaged a poultry irt and a dairy expert, at large ries; and the data he is collect on these industries should be ;al value to the Territories. rer in Wau, Mrs. Nesbitt and Austie Ireland also are grow produce—vegetables and fruit — the Bulolo staffs. The produc of citrus is an interesting de ament —they are sending quant of good oranges to Bulolo. id this is only one aspect of an >rtant development in New lea. Planes arrive almost daily

now at Lae and Port Moresby loaded heavily with cabbages, potatoes, lettuces and tomatoes grown in the Highlands—vegetables of excellent quality. Similarly, planes now regularly freight Highlands produce —especially potatoes—out to Madang, where it is picked up by Navy boats and taken to feed the Service staffs at Manus.

II Mr. Niel J. Macdonald has re tired after nearly 27 years’ service as Wharfinger in Suva. A small gathering was held on the eve of his retirement and the men with whom he had worked emphasised the high esteem in which he is held. Mr. Macdonald intends to take up farming.