AN ISLANO UPTOPIA.
HAPPY CONDITIONS AT NORFOLK.
. > (Received November 7, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 7. Speaking of his recent visit to Norfolk Island, Colonel Isaacson, of Melbourne, says: The conditions there make it as close to Utopia as possible. The climate is admirable. The-island is quite free from disease.. Pests are unknown. Land is obtainable at 2s 9d an acre per annum, on a twenty-eight years’ lease) Bananas, which promise to be the prip- / cipal product, thrive well. Negotiations ! .for a better' shipping service are pro* ■, . ceeding. ’ , !
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16579, 7 November 1924, Page 5
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87AN ISLANO UPTOPIA. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16579, 7 November 1924, Page 5
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