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The Pacific Islands
Fix this textMonthly
Fix this textTHE ONLY JOURNAL CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND TERRITORIES AND GROUPS
Fix this textOF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PACIFIC.
Fix this textVol. 1. —No. 3.
Fix this textSYDNEY: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1930
Fix this textSingle Copy, 6d.
Fix this textPer Annum, posted, 6/-.
Fix this textIN LIQUIDATION
Fix this textBechades Go Under
Fix this textNEW CALEDONIAN SMASH
Fix this textTHE large trading establishments
Fix this textknown as Les Establissements de
Fix this textBechade (New Caledonia) and
Fix this textSociete de Bechade des Nouvelles
Fix this textHebrides have been definitely forced
Fix this textinto liquidation. As a result, very
Fix this textmany planters and traders in New
Fix this textCaledonia and the New Hebrides are
Fix this textin difficulties, and trading conditions
Fix this textgenerally in those two territories are
Fix this textseriously disturbed.
Fix this textIt was explained in our last issue
Fix this textthat the trouble has been caused by
Fix this textdrastic uncompromising action by the
Fix this textBank of Indo-Chine. The bank for
Fix this textyears gave liberal credit to the Bechade
Fix this textconcerns, and Bechades, in their turn,
Fix this textallowed easy financial terms to indi
Fix this textvidual planters and traders everywhere.
Fix this textThen came the depression and the
Fix this textbank became alarmed and made a hur
Fix this textried valuation of assets.
Fix this textThere is, of course, a vast difference
Fix this textbetween the values of plantations in
Fix this texttimes when produce is being readily
Fix this textdisposed of, and in times like the pre
Fix this textsent, when everything is extraordin-
Fix this textarily depressed. On tnat basis. Be-
Fix this textchades’ position looked bad, and the
Fix this textbank forthwith demanded that it meet
Fix this textits liabilities. Bechades pointed out
Fix this textthat that was impossible; but that the
Fix this textdebts due to it were greatly in excess
Fix this textof its liabilities and, if given reasonable
Fix this textlatitude, and allowed to carry on over
Fix this textthe period of depression, it would meet
Fix this textits obligations.
Fix this textAt this point the other creditors of
Fix this textBechades became interested particu
Fix this textlarly about 40 Australian merchants,
Fix this textto whom large sums were due. The
Fix this textwhole position was most carefully
Fix this textscrutinised on their behalf by Mr. P.
Fix this textF. Parkes, of Messrs. W. S. Tait & Co.
Fix this textLtd., and they were satisfied that if
Fix this textBechades were allowed to carry on,
Fix this textthey would survive the economic storm
Fix this textand meet all their debts. Strong rep
Fix this textresentations were made along these
Fix this textlines to the bank. The bank, however,
Fix this textwas adamant; and in spite of all the
Fix this textefforts that were made to save the
Fix this textfirm, which had been trading honour
Fix this textably and successfully for 40 years, it
Fix this textwas compelled to file its schedule.
Fix this textIn addition to its relations with in
Fix this textnumerable planters and traders, the
Fix this textBechade firm owned about 30,000 acres
Fix this texton the north-west coast of New Cale
Fix this textdonia, where it produced cattle, coffee,
Fix this textetc. It had a large staff and its col
Fix this textlapse will mean the ruin, not only of
Fix this texthundreds of people, but of the mem
Fix this textbers of the Bechade family, whose pri
Fix this textvate fortunes are wholly involved in
Fix this textthe smash.
Fix this textAccording to current report the Bank
Fix this textof Indo-Chine believes that it will re
Fix this textcover its full debt from the liquida
Fix this texttion. But the opinion of other ob
Fix this textservers is that the bank will sustain
Fix this texta heavy loss.
Fix this textPerhaps the wish is father to he
Fix this textthought. If the bank does suffer a
Fix this textloss, it apparently will gather no sym
Fix this textpathy in New Caledonia.
Fix this text'DIGOEL’ DISBANDS
Fix this textEnd of Communists’ Camp
Fix this textFORMED about five years ago as a
Fix this textconcentration camp for Dutch East
Fix this textIndies natives possessing communistic
Fix this texttendencies, the settlement at Diogel,
Fix this textSouthern Dutch New Guinea, is be
Fix this texting broken up, as it is extremely un
Fix this texthealthy. Hundreds of the prisoners, it
Fix this textis reported, are being pardoned and
Fix this textparoled, and sent back to Java, but
Fix this textothers are to be interned elsewhere.
Fix this textWhen the camp was first established
Fix this textthe communists were deported to New
Fix this textGuinea with their wives and families.
Fix this textBy the end of 1928 there were 3,000
Fix this textinhabitants. Being political prisoners,
Fix this texta certain monetary allowance was
Fix this textmade to them each year. This was
Fix this textspent with an enterprising Chinese
Fix this texttrader, who attached himself to the
Fix this textsettlement.
Fix this textThe camp was situated only four
Fix this textdays’ walk from the Fly River, close
Fix this textto the boundary of Dutch and British
Fix this textterritory. The lo
Fix this textcation was consid
Fix this textered ideal because
Fix this textof its isolation, but
Fix this textthe low-lying, mos
Fix this textquito-infested
Fix this textswamps surround
Fix this texting it caused much
Fix this textsickness.
Fix this textOnly one party
Fix this textwas successful in
Fix this textescaping from the
Fix this textcamp, which was
Fix this textguarded by Dutch
Fix this textsoldiers. The pris
Fix this textoners reached the
Fix this textSuki country in
Fix this textPapua, and, no doubt, had a trying
Fix this textexperience there. With the Suki tribe
Fix this textheadhunting is a pastime and “the sur
Fix this textvival of the fittest” still reigns. Two
Fix this textyears ago a few of them same 200
Fix this textmiles down the Fly River in their war
Fix this textcanoes and wiped out the village of
Fix this textWeredai. Forty bodies were eaten in
Fix this textthe feast that followed. It took the
Fix this textSukis about four months to paddle
Fix this textback to their homes. The Govern
Fix this textment then paid them a visit and
Fix this textbrought some of their number down
Fix this textto Daru Island as prisoners. This,
Fix this texthowever, hardly dampened the ardour
Fix this textof the multitude or spoiled their taste
Fix this textfor “long pig.”
Fix this textNevertheless, the communists reached
Fix this textthe coast unscathed. Eloquence evi
Fix this textdently won the day, the mouth proving
Fix this textmightier than the spear. But, mean
Fix this texttime, the Australian magistrate at
Fix this textDaru received word of the Javanese
Fix this textescapees and he arrested them. They
Fix this textwere taken over to Thursday Island
Fix this textand frrm there returned to the Dutch
Fix this textauthorities.
Fix this textPlanters Helped
Fix this textRelief for New Guinea
Fix this textPurchasers
Fix this textB.-P. AND CARPENTERS
Fix this textCO-OPERATE
Fix this textSUBSTANTIAL concessions have been
Fix this textmade by the Commonwealth Gov
Fix this texternment to the numerous planters in
Fix this textNew Guinea, who are paying off plan
Fix this texttations which they took over from the
Fix this textCustodian of Expropriated Property;
Fix this textand who are suffering severely owing
Fix this textto the general depression.
Fix this textEarly in 1929 the New Guinea Plan
Fix this textters’ Association asked the Common
Fix this textwealth Government for relief and,
Fix this textafter the Custodian, Mr. W. C. Thomas,
Fix this texthad inquired into the position, some
Fix this textrelief was given. But as copra main
Fix this texttained its downward tendency, the
Fix this textPlanters’ Association petitioned for still
Fix this textfurther relief.
Fix this textThe representations of the Planters’
Fix this textAssociation were reinforced by those
Fix this textof the New Guinea Branch of the Re
Fix this textturned Soldiers’ Association.
Fix this textThe Federal Government in Septem
Fix this textber announced complete suspension of
Fix this textall payments connected with the pur
Fix this textchase of expropriated properties, this
Fix this textsuspension to operate until June 30,
Fix this text1931, when the position will be further
Fix this textreviewed.
Fix this textThe effect of the suspension is to
Fix this textrelieve the planters altogether of the
Fix this textpayment of interest for this financial
Fix this textyear, and to defer payment of princi
Fix this textpal moneys owing in respect of the pur
Fix this textchase of plantations. Cash value of
Fix this textthe concessions is estimated to be over
Fix this text£100,000.
Fix this textAn interesting feature of this de
Fix this textcision is that Messrs. Burns, Philp &
Fix this textCo. Ltd. and Messrs. W. R. Carpenter
Fix this text& Co. Ltd. have agreed with the Com
Fix this textmonwealth Government to also assist
Fix this textplanters, who owe them money, by
Fix this textmaking an ex-gratia allowance equiva
Fix this textlent to a reduction of two per cent,
Fix this textin the interest charged by the com
Fix this textpanies in their clients’ accounts.
Fix this textTHE BREMERHAVEN
Fix this textWhy Does She Run to Rabaul?
Fix this textTHE continued visits of the Nordeut
Fix this textscher Lloyd steamer, Bremerhaven,
Fix this textto the Mandated Territory of New
Fix this textGuinea are a subject of comment and
Fix this textspeculation.
Fix this textIt was reported that this service—
Fix this textwhich is run bv German interests, be
Fix this texttween Hong Kong and Rabaul—had
Fix this textbeen discontinued, but the Bremer
Fix this texthaven again nut in an appearance at
Fix this textRabaul recently.
Fix this textVery little cargo is carried either
Fix this textway by this vessel, and it would be
Fix this textinteresting to know whether she repre
Fix this textsents merely a shipping service which
Fix this textis being continued without profit in
Fix this textthe hope that business will improve
Fix this textwhen the depression has passed; or
Fix this textwhether the maintenance of the ser
Fix this textvice has some political and national
Fix this textsignificance.
Fix this textON A FRIENDLY VISIT
Fix this textOIL PALM’S CHALLENGE TO
Fix this textTHE COCONUT
Fix this textProduction Extending Rapidly From West
Fix this textAfrica to East Indies
Fix this textSpecially Compiled for The Pacific Islands Monthly.
Fix this textA PRIMARY contributing cause to the low price of copra is
Fix this textthe extraordinarily heavy production throughout the world
Fix this textof oils which may be- used, as an alternative to coconut oil, in
Fix this textthe manufacture of soap, margarine, etc. They are mainly palm
Fix this textkernel oil, whale oil, peanut oil and soya bean oil.
Fix this textAs the growth and development of rival oils are likely to
Fix this textaffect the future of the copra industry, and as some South Sea
Fix this textobservers regard palm oil as an even greater menace than whale
Fix this textoil, The Pacific Islands Monthly has collated all available in
Fix this textformation about the position and prospects of palm oil.
Fix this textPALM oil, and palm kernel oil, are
Fix this textthe product of a West African palm,
Fix this textextensively cultivated in West Africa
Fix this textand the East Indies, but unknown in
Fix this textAustralia. There is said to be an ex
Fix this textperimental plantation in the Solomon
Fix this textIslands; and experiments are also be
Fix this texting made in the Cook Islands.
Fix this textThe palm itself is of a bushy type,
Fix this textnot at all resembling the palm of pop
Fix this textular conception, and it produces a fruit
Fix this textof coffee colour, and about the size
Fix this textof a Rugby football.
Fix this textThis fruit has a pulpy exterior and
Fix this texta hard kernel. The fleshy, outside por
Fix this texttion contains a very large proportion
Fix this textof a white oil, known as palm oil. The
Fix this textsemi-hard kernel of the fruit gives two
Fix this textproducts, oil and feeding-cake, used
Fix this textfor stock. The white palm oil merely
Fix this textsupplements coconut oil, tallow and
Fix this textthe other constituents of soap; but the
Fix this textkernel oil is almost identical in charac
Fix this textter to coconut oil and possesses the
Fix this textsame qualities. This kernel oil, then,
Fix this textis one of copra’s great rivals.
Fix this textDuring the past half century, the
Fix this textproduction of palm kernel oil has been
Fix this textdefinitely on the increase. About 1880,
Fix this textGermany established large factories
Fix this textfor the treatment of the product, which
Fix this textat that time all came from the one
Fix this textsource —West Africa. During the Great
Fix this textWar, England saw the necessity of
Fix this textestablishing her own crushing plants
Fix this textfor dealing with the product from her
Fix this textAfrican possession, and in 1916 a Gov
Fix this texternment committee decided that ample
Fix this textfacilities could be provided in the
Fix this textUnited Kingdom for crushing the
Fix this textwhole of the kernel crop.
Fix this textWEST AFRICA’S OIL WEALTH.
Fix this textIn evidence before this committee
Fix this textsome interesting facts were disclosed.
Fix this textIt was stated that in 1913 the value
Fix this textof the trade in palm oil and palm ker
Fix this textnel, oil from West Africa amounted to
Fix this textover £8,000,000.
Fix this textParticular emphasis was laid on the
Fix this textfact before the committee that the oil
Fix this textfrom the kernel could be made into
Fix this textsoap, vegetable lard or margarine, and
Fix this textthe balance of the kernel —the feeding
Fix this textcake—could be sold in its existing form
Fix this textas palm-kernel cake, or meal, or used
Fix this textas a component of one of the compound
Fix this textcakes then on the market.
Fix this textCompetition likely from new varieties
Fix this textof nuts, produced in other parts of the
Fix this textworld, was also considered. In Central
Fix this textand South America, it was stated, the
Fix this textcohune and babassu nuts had been
Fix this textengaging attention, and the committee
Fix this textwas informed that other varieties of
Fix this textoil-producing nuts might become
Fix this textavailable.
Fix this textOne compilation subsequently gave
Fix this textthe following as the exports from
Fix this textWest Africa, over a quarter of a cent
Fix this textury;
Fix this textOIL PALMS IN EAST INDIES.
Fix this textIt is since the war that the greatest
Fix this textstrides have- been made in growing
Fix this textthe African oil palm. West Africa has
Fix this textcontinued its p crude native methods of
Fix this textcultivation, and its market is now
Fix this textchallenged by the Dutch East Indies,
Fix this textwhere the area under crop in Sumatra
Fix this textalone is over 50,000 acres. This has
Fix this textbeen planted scientifically and syste
Fix this textmatically, with improved methods of
Fix this texttreatment, and a corresponding im
Fix this textprovement in the value of the product.
Fix this textIndeed, West African trade circles fear
Fix this textthat the Dutch Indies and Malay
Fix this textArchipelago will soon be strong com
Fix this textpetitors in the palm oil markets pre
Fix this textviously controlled by them.
Fix this textSir Hugh Clifford, G.C.M.G., when
Fix this textGovernor of Nigeria, pointed out that
Fix this textthe gradual extension of plantations in
Fix this textthe Dutch East Indies was a menace
Fix this textwhich it would be the height of im
Fix this textprudence to ignore. He suggested the
Fix this textintroduction of central factories, equip
Fix this textped with modern machinery and under
Fix this textscientific management for manufac
Fix this textturing the oil for export. It was esti
Fix this textmated that in the Gold Coast alone as
Fix this textthe result of crude methods employed
Fix this textpalm products to the value of well
Fix this textover £1,000,000 were being allowed to
Fix this textgo to waste annually—a loss to the
Fix this textnation and the industry.
Fix this textIn the Gold Coast Handbook for
Fix this text1924, the hope is expressed “that
Fix this textefforts will be made to cultivate the
Fix this textoil palm on plantation lines, with the
Fix this textnecessary machinery, otherwise the
Fix this textproduct will be unable to compete with
Fix this textthat of plantations in other parts of
Fix this textthe world.”
Fix this textA writer in “The British Soap Man
Fix this textufacturer” in July, 1930, said that it
Fix this textis calculated that within 10 or 15 years
Fix this textSumatra will be exporting 100,000 tons
Fix this textof palm oil, as compared with an esti
Fix this textmated total export of palm oil from
Fix this textWest Africa of 140,000 tons. Sumatra
Fix this textproduced 8,000 tons of palm oil in 1925.
Fix this textA report on commerce, industry and
Fix this textagriculture in the Netherland East In
Fix this textdies in 1927, published fairly recently,
Fix this textstated that oil palm plantations on
Fix this textthe east coast of Sumatra produced
Fix this text13,283 tons of oil in 1926 and 21,617
Fix this texttons in 1927. There were then 54
Fix this textestates cultivating oil palms 9 in
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Fix this textPa-fater, the God of Good Gardens. Only four
Fix this textof these images are known to be in existence—the
Fix this textone shown above, which is on Darjiiey Island, in
Fix this textTorres Straits; one in the Brisbane Museum; while
Fix this texttwo have disappeared.
Fix this textA Suki war canoe in one of the narrow
Fix this textstreams running into the Middle Ply River.
Fix this textThese reed-bordered avenues twist and turn
Fix this textfor innumerable miles among the swamps and
Fix this textlagoons, on the banks of which are situated
Fix this textthe villages.
Fix this textA human skull used
Fix this textby members of the
Fix this textSuki tribe to decor
Fix this textate their huts.
Fix this textThe British cruiser from New Zealand, H.M.S. Dunedin, has been visiting
Fix this textvarious ports in the Pacific. Here is a photograph of the vessel entering the
Fix this textharbour at Noumea, New Caledonia.
Fix this textYear
Fix this textKernels
Fix this textPalm Oil
Fix this textTons
Fix this textTons
Fix this text1900
Fix this text. .. 85,600 ..
Fix this text.. 45,500
Fix this text1905
Fix this text. . . 136,600
Fix this text.. 54,900
Fix this text1909
Fix this text. .. 158,800 ..
Fix this text.. 67,900
Fix this text1917
Fix this text. . . 186,000 ..
Fix this text. . 67,500
Fix this text1925
Fix this text. .. 272,900 . .
Fix this text. . 70,000
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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