Locally-Brewed Beer
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Eastern Samoa Makes Plans
AT the opening session of the American Samoa fourth Legis lature session in June, Governor Lowe reported that the government was seeking an allocation of $1 million for 1957 for the develop ment of Tafuna Airport to inter national standards. In view of this call on Washington, the Governor advised members to adopt caution in their demands for finance for other projects. The wide variety of matters to be debated at the ten-day session included the possible elimination of the $5 head tax in favour of an in crease in copra export duty, as well as a general study of taxation in the territory. Other subjects: liquida tion of the Retirement Fund; simplification of East-West Samoa travel formalities; Matai titles; Banking and postal services in the Manu’a Group; laws to protect Samoan interests in business; work ers’ compensation. [Governor Lowe took the occasion to remind members that the stability and intelligence of the Legislature in its work would govern now soon greater responsibility would be granted towards self-gov ernment. B *The Governor said that great pro gress had been made in the past 18 months.
If M Jacques Foccart an elected pember of the Union Francaise (the French Empire Parliament) has been entrusted with a mission m the French West Indies, Tahiti and New Caledonia. Noumea cynics nave commented that M. Foccart will be the 17th member of the Union Francaise to get a free I Jtoyage to New Caledonia with a mission of one kind or another. fl Miss Irish Wilcock, Sub-Dean 01 the Faculty of Arts and lecturer in French at Melbourne University, has been visiting New to (in her own phrase) smooth out her French.” She was cordially welcomed by the local
education authorities.
Locally-Brewed Beer
for Tahiti
Papeete's modern and well-equipped new brewery was opened by Governor Toby on July 8, after delays in obtaining machinery, building materials, etc. The total cost was 54,000,000 Pacific francs (£A386,000 approxi mately), and the brewery has a present capacity of 330,000 gallons of beer per annum.
The accompanying photograph, taken at the official opening, shows Governor Toby (dark glasses) with M. Yves Martin, director of the company, on his right, and other leading Papeete citizens.