NORFOLK ISLAND

Hokitika Guardian, 3 April 1930, Page 4

NORFOLK ISLAND

IMPROVING TRADE. TUnited Press,Association.—By Electrio >r, Telegraph;—Copyright.] (Received .this day at 8.30. a.m.) Sydney. April 3. i The Administrator’s annual report on Norfolk Island states - the population .increased:>bv thirty during the year, bringing-‘th® total to. 932, of which 490 are males, The island is as a health resortTj hufjit is i|h sufted for case 9of pulmonary s eoflewmptibn f or asthma, Practicaliy-..the. whole. -trad© is distri* buted between Sydney and Auck« land, in . tiieGproportioh-;. of sixty-six and thirty-three per cent respectively. Imparts from.. Australia increased in four years from £17,369 sterling to i-32,193, and ■ irr.ports from New Zealand from £1,37)3n sterling to £23,345. An influx ..of motor vehicles was largely responsible' for the increase in imports. rt-tmom The banana-industry continues to expand and 25,152 cases were shipped ( last year, compared with 11,068 the previous year. ; ’ Considerable.;,alarm’ is expressed at the intention , : &i. the New. .. Zealand Government to .-.discontinue - the; visits of the vessel, M&ui Pcm.are,' as this would be ■regarded as a.u. commercial calamity.; fit ..(.no jh There is coiisideralble demand for land, but it :isfi difficult to .-procure-. The Administrator points, out- it is anomalous' that-—butter and 5 bacon should still-; bee. imported'in considerable quantities to ( the fertile island, where dairying.-could be successfully developed. •/•». ", .