Nauru Phosphate Industry Very Satisfactory
AUCKLAND, Oct. 1. "Nauru is a unique instance of an industry destroyed by the war and rebuilt with the jpromise of a greater degree of efficieney than be'fore, ' ' said Sir Albert Ellis, New Zealand representative on the British Phosphate Coinmission, on his return to Auckland from Nauru by the motor ship Corabank. "The operations at Nauru are very satisfactory," said Sir Albert. "Large quautities of phosphate are being shipped, at times at a rate equivalent to 700,000 tons a year. One arm of the cantilever was put into service in July and is capable of loading 750 tons an hour in the ship. Kepairs to the second arm should be completed in December. " Sir Albert Ellis said he spent a week at Eambi Island, now the home of the Ocean Islanders who had been displaced by phosphate worlcings. "We had an enthusiastic reception. Probably no more suitable island in tlie Pacific could be found for the Ocean Islanders. It is very fertile and 1.: times the size of their former home."
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 October 1948, Page 7
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