Copra Experts Visit
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Wester Samoa
WHEN Mr. W. G. Johnson, manag ing-director of W. R. Carpenter (Fiji) Ltd., passed through Apia, Western Samoa, on the April Voyage of Tofua, he took the oppor tunity to discuss with the Samoan Government and the Copra Board certain matters affecting the future of the copra industry and shipping arrangements of interest to the Territory.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the Legislative Council of Fiji. He is also a Chairman of Directors of Island Industries Ltd., a Carpenter subsidiary, which operates a copra crushing mill in Suva.
Another visitor to Apia on the same Tofua was Mr. H. D. Howard, of Unilever Ltd., who is on a tour of investigation of the world’s copra producing countries. He is of opinion that the quality of Western Samoan copra could be greatly improved. He advocates the grading of copra into three grades with different price levels to encourage the production of better copra; and a more rigid system of inspection by the local authorities. —Apia Correspondent.