MODERN UTOPIA
NORFOLK ISLAND. THE PLACE TO LIVE. DISEASE AND PESTS UNKNOWN. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. (Received Nov. 7, 11.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 7. Spekking of liis recent A r isit to Norfolk Island, Colonel Isaacson, of Melbourne, says that conditions there make it as close to Utopia as possible. The climate is admirable, and the island is quite free from disease. Pests are unknoAvn, and land is obtainable at 2s 9d per acre per annum on a 28 years’ lease. Bananas, Avhich promise to be the principal pi-oduct, thrive AA'ell. Negotiations for a better shipping service are proceeding.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 7 November 1924, Page 5
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