Papua Might Have

Vast Cattle Industry

4 VAST area of land in the sou west corner of Papua is latest spot thought to g i promise of supporting a large-sc meat industry in the Territory.

A survey party from the P-] Agricultural Dept, is now in area—the 3,600-mile Trans-Fly c trict between the Fly River, Dutch border and the Torres Sti coast—to test its prospects for lar scale cattle raising.

The party will be away months and is being directed the department’s Chief of Anir Husbandry, Mr. Jim Marley. 1 party expects to use an airstrip ing put down at Balimo.

There are large sections of gras lightly-timbered plateau land in area, and the natives are primiti growing food for their own ne with little provision for emergen The rainfall is good, but it’s i known whether there is a go supply of permanent drinking wat A Port Moresby report says 1 Administration is impressed by 1 fact that the area would have advantage in being so close to 1 Australian mainland, should an » port meat industry eventually built up.

Cattle have been successfu raised in several areas of Papu New Guinea since the war, but th«. are no schemes in operation that c be called large-scale in comparis with Australian beef raising. T Atkinson cattle station near Gus;i NG, is of about 22,000 acres H is not yet fully stocked. t The Auckland Town Hall w engaged in October for the 2! birthday party of Eikura Lou Henry, daughter of Mr. and Mt G. R. Henry, formerly of the Co; Islands. About 500 guests wc entertained at a traditional Co; Islands umukai. It was the fi:i occasion that the Town Hall he been engaged for a Cook Islam party, though Samoan function have been previously held there.