BANANA INDUSTRY
LABOUR SHORTAGE IN SAMOA NEGLECT'OF PLANTATIONS Though the banana industry in Samoa is still suffering from a period of labour shortage, with consequent neglect of plantations, Europeans and Samoans, in response to appeals by the Administration, are now beginning to clean and replant their holdings. It is hoped that the exports of the fruit to New Zealand, which are at present small, will in a few months again reach normal proportions, particularly if the New Zealand Government can see its way to grant an increase in the purchasing rate.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 77, 30 May 1944, Page 2
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91BANANA INDUSTRY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 77, 30 May 1944, Page 2
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