NEW GUINEA
THE COPDA PLANTATIONS. Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. MELBOURNE, January 36. [Received January 16, at 11.00 a.m.) An official report shows that the greater portion of the £900,003 which was spent ■by the Expropriation Board in New Guinea has been devoted to the improvement of the copra plantations, which are now coming into. ben ring. A previous attempt to dispose of the plantations to private owners failed. It is suggested that they should again be offered, and that, failing sale, nothing remain.? but for the board to continue to operate the plantations. The value of the properties is estimated at fully £5,000,000.
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Evening Star, Issue 18533, 16 January 1924, Page 8
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108NEW GUINEA Evening Star, Issue 18533, 16 January 1924, Page 8
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