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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1957Vol. XXVII, No. 10

Try Out Scheme

p. 41 · Read in the full issue

Copra Grading

Seed Crushers To Try Out Scheme

MEMBERS of the International Association of Seed Crushers will shortly begin a six months experimental period of analytical copra grading in their mills.

This course was recommended at the second meeting of the Copra Quality Sub-Committee of the Assn., held in Paris on March 27.

The Committee agreed that the

value of grading schemes for copra could be assessed only as a result of actual operation.

The Committee believed that marketing-boards or other organ isations were of advantage to copra producers in assuring that in dividual planters got a fair share of any premium earned for high quality copra. t Earth tremors were felt at Lae, Wau and Popondetta, P-NG, about 7.20 p.m., on April 14. They were of strength 3 and lasted 10 seconds at Lae and Wau, and 27 seconds at Popondetta.