New Caledonia's Wealth
pp. 53-55 · Read in the full issue
IN 1955, New Caledonia exported 458,312 tons of merchandise, to the value of 1,940,201 000 Pfrs (£A13,858 578). The greater portion of this tonnage was mineral ores and smelted nichel. s
France was the biggest customer ° f „ thls ’ her coiony, taking all the £ offee - copra and smelted nichel. ? econd biggest buyer (on value) was Ja £ ai ?i, m - purc bas e s of nichel ore. 41 ? e . im P ort field - Australia ranks hlghest because of the coal and coke requirements of the smelting in austry.
S, S' i H ‘ v - Hodgess, of the ish Solomon Islands Protectorspent a brief holiday w r ith her
sister-in-law, Miss Dorothy Hodgess, recently, at “Glenwood,” Too woomba, Queensland.
T A female rhinoceros beetle was found aboard the Yanawai, at Suva, cn her return from Apia in Feb ruary by officials of the Rhinoceros bettle campaign. Eleven more beetles were located recently in south-eastern Viti Levu and 126 grubs in the Bau district, mostly in dead ivi leaves.
Rabaul
Wedding
[?]n Rabaul recently, Leong Sun Yee was [?]ried, at the Rabaul hodist Church, to [?]s Leo. They are [?]wn here (centre) [?] Miss Grace Seeto, [?]esmaid; and Mr. [?]r Cheung, best man. [?]ding at the back Mr. Leo Man Tung the Rev. John Su. -Photo by C. H.