RAROTONGAN NEWS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1937, Page 8

RAROTONGAN NEWS

BANANA SHIPMENT A RECORD RAINFALL The correspondent of the United Press Association at Rarotonga writes as follows: — The fruit shipment fay the Matua comprises 2132 cases of bananas. The majority of the shipment, it is understood, has been sold, only a small amount going forward to consignment. Growers were paid 2s 6d a case by firms in the packing shed and 3s a case delivered at the wharf. The Growers' Association prices were 4s and 4s 3d respectively. A record rainfall was registered at Rarotonga on December 10, when the figures were 9.63 inches at the wireless station and 11.4 inches at Avarua. These figures, which were for twenty-four nours, are the highest for nine years. Advice has been received that the New Zealand Government has reimposed the duty on copra at the rate Df twenty shillings a ton, to operate :rom December 31. Owing to the low price of copra, this export duty was suspended on exports from the Cook [slands on January 1, 193 G. The latest quotation from London for sun-dried :opra was £19 17s 6d a ton. Mr. G. Robinson, Superintendent of Radio, Rarotonga, and Mr. A. McKen:ie, Education Officer, left aboard the Vlatua on four months' furlough in New Zealand. Captain and Mrs. Viggo Rasmussen were tendered a farewell dance prior ;o their departure for Penrhyn, where Captain Rasmussen will take up the position of Resident Agent.

took four wickets for 72, L,ush three for 50, and Hynes two for 10. New South Wales, who made 119 tl the first innings, have made 154 for ;hree wickets in the second innings (R. Seattie 30, Robinson 67 not out, Marks 31 not out).