LORD HOWE ISLAND.
PALM SEED INDUSTRY. fly Telegraph — Press Association. — Copyright. SYDNEY, Ist May. Mr. Langwell, a Royal Commissioner, in reporting on the palm seed industry at Lord Howe Island, recommends the Crown to retain control of the trade in order te protect the islanders' interest*. [Lord Howe Island^ with a population of little over 100, is a dependency of New South Wales, administered by a visiting magistrate from Sydney. Lieutenant Ball, of the British warsuip Supply, discovered tho island (which lies 436 miles noTth-east from Sydney) in 178 S. Thousands of bushels of seeds >of tho Kentia palms aro shipped yearly to all parts of the world.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 102, 2 May 1911, Page 7
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108LORD HOWE ISLAND. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 102, 2 May 1911, Page 7
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