Grassland Survey
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Feam Ends
Four In Islands
JJPONSORED by the South Pacific f Commission, a grassland survey ;am in mid-March completed its irvey of New Guinea, New !aledonia and Fiji.
The survey was an Indication of le importance attached to pasture nds as a factor in the economy of le larger islands, and especially ■om the viewpoint of providing od for their increasing populations.
The team included Dr. A. Kroon, ntch executive head of the Com ission’s economic section; Mr. A. T. imple, Range Management jecialist, Animal Production anch, FAO, Rome; and two Aus ilians, Dr. R. W. Phillis, CSIRO ,nd Research and Regional Survey ction, Canberra: and Mr. W. W. yan, CSIRO Plant and Soils boratory, Brisbane. Dr. Semple is thor of “Improving the World’s ■asslands,” compiled with the iistance of 77 experts, under the spices of the Food and Agricul •al Organisation, a UN Agency. fhe team studied the situation in i various territories, and as a ult of their work SPC will make :ommendations to the adminis tions on how the situation might improved. n the past, efforts have been acted mainly towards the intro :tion of pedigree stock to improve strains in the Islands, but it is v being realised that there is no at in spending big money on iable stock if the right kinds of ler grasses are not available for tn. ven where suitable grasses are iblished, they often suffer from management. For example, the may be lacking in certain trace tients. In such circumstances a and money could be wasted in mpting to establish new grasses tre soil deficiencies had been m care of. here are many such problems to investigated, but it is certain that k production as an important i of protein food can be greatly mded in many of the larger ids from New Guinea to the quesas if the problems are led by the separate administra s. r. Robert H. McEwin, manager the Kauri Timber Co. at Vani , BSIP, for the last eight years, med to Australia in March. In tj 9 n to his timber job, Mr. win was also (unpaid) customs port health officer, postmaster meteorological officer at Vani
, The . ev - Father Schwehr, who has been stationed In Western Samoa for 15 years, has been ap- Samoan Cafhohcs now resided at
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Pf St. Benedict s Parish m centre of the city, was welcorned by a large gathering of
Samoans when he arrived by plane early in March
‘Colony drived
at Honilr? on G March°? y to take charge of the BSIP Marine Depart ment for a period of up to three months.