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Copra Grading Causes

Stir In W. Samoa

r APIA, February 25.

LE new copra grading scheme, introduced by the West Samoa Copra Board as from February is being opposed by merchants, trad6rs and Samoan producers.

There apparently is a conflict of competence between copra graders employed by the Copra Board, and agricultural inspectors employed by the Agricultural Department.

It is pointed out that an attempt to introduce copra grading in Fiji was abolished, due to strong opposition to the procedure.

In Tonga and American Samoa copra grading has succeeded because the purchase and grading of copra is entirely in the hands of the Governments concerned.

The matter will probably be discussed by the Legislative Assembly at the end of March.

Miss Adrienne Santos, younger daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr "• Santos, of Tonga, married Robert, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R.

Fitz Patrick, of Adelaide, at St.

Benedict’s Church, in Auckland, re cently.

J Mr. H. F. Gibson, MLC, QBE, and Miss Fay Gibson, of Labasa, Fiji, were m Sydney in the early part of March. He was discussing a £200,000 electricity project for Labasa with interested Australian parties, and also was seeking to establish liaison with New Guinea copra interests, regarding marketing organisation to follow the expiry of the MOF contract next December.

L str ong complaints are voiced by the North Borneo News against Timorese infiltrating nto British Borneo. “They keep out Chinese because they may be Reds ” says the journal. “But may not

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