The Island Press
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Reports from the papers, compiled by John Carter
I AM much concerned about the lands nfglTway traVC a ° ng thC Hlgh On March 4 as I was travelling in a bus from Wabag to Mount Hagen, there was a landslide on the way. Peopie cleared the road and after that, thev put logs across the road and stop- Red the vehicles from going to Mount Hagen and back. They asked passengers and the driver to pay KlO each if they wanted to go quickly. If not, the vehicles would be held up for hours.
From a letter in the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier Port Moresby L ' i' i f t- . . y
EIGHT shopkeepers along Lautoka’s
Vitogo Parade had difficulty in opening their shops yesterday because matcnsticks had been inserted in ey oles and padlocks. al«. W hith,? PS i. 01 ? , Vak , at : ale £ tre . et were called h ‘’aT,r , : aUI ? k ? * ho P k sf e P e J s Most ofTh 11 1 from , Su I va ■ break .heir "' e * ho P kee P ers had to shops. P l ° ° pe " the ' r From the Fiji Times, Suva
A SENIOR government minister has called for the reintroduction of the
death penalty.
Trade and Industry Minister Galeva Kwarara also wants to bring back the Vagrancy Act to give courts the power to remove unemployed people from urban centres.
The minister yesterday issued a strongly worded statement calling for
the tougher penalties following the
death of a Rigo man in Port Moresby earlier this month.
“There is a strong case for the rein troduction of capital punishment,” Mr Kwarara, who is MP for Rigo, said.
From the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, Port Moresby CAPTAIN Bligh’s epic 3600 mile voyage from Tufua, Tonga, to Timor, Indonesia, will be re-enacted on 28 April. The William Bligh Trust in En gland is sponsoring the event to mark the bicentennial of the voyage, which was forced on Captain Bligh and some
15 other members of his crew follow
ing the mutiny on the Bounty.
From the Samoa Times , Apia A MEMBER of staff in the Depart ment of Agriculture is conducting a research study on the country’s most important staple root crop, sweet pota to or kaukau.
The crop, originally found in South America, was introduced to Papua New Guinea some 400 years ago and has attained a prominent place due to its adaptability both in the Highlands and lowland areas.
It provides between 60 and 90 per cent of energy needs in the Highlands and an average of 50 per cent of the national requirement. It has been esti mated that the annual production of sweet potato in the country is about 1.2 million metric tonnes, with a value of Kl5O million.
From the PNG University of Technology’s The Reporter , Lae