Ottawa, Canada. —The British Straits Settlements continues to be Canada’s chief source of supply for canned pineapples. Of the 2,693,271 pounds of canned pineapples imported into Canada in May, the British Straits Settlements supplied 2,424,201 pounds, Australia supplied 118,616 pounds, British South Africa 99,338 pounds, Fiji 21,840 pounds, Hawaii 17,092 pounds, British East Africa 6892 pounds, and the United States 5472 pounds. “He has done more than any other man to speed up civilisation.” “Is that so?? Is he a scientist or a social reformer?” “Neither. He’s a spark plug tester.”
The Rev John Davie returned yesterday from Sydney.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 September 1938, Page 6
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