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Islands Planters Are
Asked To
Grow Vanilla Beans
Along-established au
tralian Company (Messi Paulding Ltd.) is offering assist any planter interested planting a small area with vanil beans. The Co. says it will contra to take the total output.
Present world sources of supply vanilla beans are mainly Tahi Madagascar, and the Seychell group. But their output is not nc sufficient.
In Tahiti the beans are grade The first grade is known as whi label, the second as yellow lat and the third as green label. T beans are packed in 90 lb seal tins and generally, are marketed Papeete, chief town of Tahiti, 75 to 100 tins a time.
There is no real substitute i the genuine vanilla beans, and th are used in all the best essenc and food flavourings.
Planters interested are being i vited to make contact with Mess F. H. Paulding & Co. Ltd., Man facturing Chemists, James Pla Adelaide, SA.
In November, New Guinea Gol fields Ltd. obtained fine gold, ounces, from Golden Ridges, 1,1 (also 1,428 of silver) ; from Koran Alluvials, 150; from Tributes, 1( and also produced 194,679 sup. ft sawn timber.