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Bowen Independent
9 October 1930
Coffee Growing in Queensland.
Mr. Chas. Collins, M.L.A., writes under date 2/10/33, enclosing the fol lowing letter: —
Department of Agriculture and Stock, Brisbane, 29/9/33.
Dear Mr. Collins, —I have to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 23rd instant, and to thank you for your suggestion regarding trials in coffee growing. The question of tropical, agriculture generally is now the subject of consideration, and in (the event of there being established a Bureau of Tropical Agriculture, attention will be given to the possibilities of producing the various tropical crops in North Queensland, including coffee. We are aware of the work that has been done with coffee by Mr. Charles H. Waye of Proserpine, and
by other persons in the State. A coffee plantation was established some years ago at Buderim Mountain by Mr. P. H. Board who later transferred his activities ‘to New Guinea. I