Imports

To Develop

Fisheries

[?]ling Down Food Imports

IHER long-term effort to ike Papua-New Guinea less Dendent on imported food ; made under a plan to de its fisheries announced by lian Territories Minister k. /es will be introduced to im fishing techniques and given cessary gear; ashore and as )f Administration vessels they trained in all aspects of fish atives will be encouraged to ;e their consumption and n fish.

Administration, which will ; a trawler under the plan, ;o train native fishery assist -0 help their fellows. itial fishing grounds will be rated. Commercial fishing by uropeans and natives will be aged where they will not con ith village communities de it on fishing. overseas expert already has the Territory under the i; visits by others will be ed. One will advise on long ihing for tuna. i-water fish production, par y in inland areas, and oyster tion will be fostered. Local tion of salt for preservation investigated, shing develops, economic and ;ing aspects will be studied, >pection system will be in -1 and, ultimately, a marine 3al station will be established, igh for many years there has an appreciable export of 5 and green snail shell, P-NG, t-55, had to import £A321,000 of fresh and preserved fish, plan aims to increase shell tion and exports, reduce im )f fish and, eventually, to ex sh. If successful, it will not icrease the protein food avail o the natives but augment cash income from trade as

ivals in W. Samoa

[?]gers pictured at right arriving in the "Tofua" include (left) Mr. G. Bass, [?]y (representing White Rose flour), on a trip, and (next) Mr. Johnny Walker, [?]tist, returning with Mrs. Walker from in New Zealand and a period of work in Niue. Others in the picture [?] Mr. Bruce Broadhead, of NZBS, who [?]record Island programmes; and Mr. M. from Auckland, who is revisiting his [?].

t Mrs. Jessie East, of NZ, the founder of the Red Cross Move ment in Western Samoa, made an official visit of inspection to the Western Samoa Branch, in July.

Mrs. East was welcomed on arrival at the airport by the full committee of the Western Samoan Red Cross Society, and by several hundred boys and girls, members of the Junior Red Cross who acted as a guard of honour.

"Sinkiang" Travellers

Among passengers who left Sydney for Papua- New Guinea recently on "Sinkiang" were (top to bottom): Mrs. H. Vinning and her two daughters, Phillipa (8½ years) and Peta (4 years), who sailed for Lae after four months' leave in Perth. Mr. Vinning, a radio technical officer with the Administration, flew back to Lae earlier in August.

Mr. and Mrs. Ivor Manton, who were bound for Nondugl where Mr. Manton will inspect the Hallstrom Experimental Station. Mr.

Manton is former owner of Manton's Emporium in Melbourne and present owner of a famous Romney-Marsh sheep stud in Victoria. He has sent 16 rams and 30 top-stud ewes to Nondugl as part of a scheme to establish a registered stud farm in the Eastern Highlands so the Nondugl Trust can produce its own rams and save big freight costs. While at Nondugl, Mr. Manton will class the sheep and examine the nutrition level of the pastures.

He expects to be in the Territory about four weeks.

Mrs. M. J. Coolhaas, of Port Moresby, and four-year-old daughter Leonora, who were mak ing their first trip to the Territory. Mr. Cool haas is a hydrographer with the NG Depart ment of Works and has been in Moresby for some months.

Mrs. K. Warnock will join her husband, who is on relieving work for the Bank of NSW in Port Moresby. Mr. Bill Young of Rents Records Section of the Department of Lands, Port Moresby, returned to NG after four weeks leave in Sydney. He has lived in the Territory for seven years.