By SP Commission

Valuable New Copra Treatise Issued

THE South Pacific Commission has just published a valuable Tech nical Paper (No. 82) entitled The Manufacture of Copra in the Pacific Islands, compiled and written by Mr. W. V. D. Pieris, MA, Dip.

Agric. (Cantab.). B.Sc. (Lond.), FLS.

This is a publication (price 6/- Stg.) which should be in the hands of every person associated with the copra industry, from the oldest planter in the game to the youngest plantation overseer, and from the mate of the local copra schooner to the ultimate purchaser.

There is something here for everyone. , , .

December, 1957, will bring the end of the present copra marketing system and it is fairly evident that Pacific producers and shippers will have to “pull their socks up.” The days of a more or less standard price for almost anything that can be called copra will presumably be over, and payment is likely to be on a footing which will restore in centive to the production of high grade copra.

Now is the time for producers to consider ways of improving quality,

and in this comprehensive booklet Mr. Pieris gives a wealth of in formation on how this can be done, including constructional data on a variety of driers.

Next month a PIM article will discuss Paper No. 82 in more detail. t Since June 17, Tarawa Broad casting station VTW on 844 kc/s, has changed its broadcasting times from 0730 GMT on Saturdays to the same time on Friday evenings.