A Planter’S Woes

To the Editor.

Sir, —Congratulations upon the ap pearance of your excellent paper—it certainly fills a long felt want. May it have a long life and prosperity be its password.

I am extremely glad that we have at last an outlet for our Islands griev ances. At times we seem to be very much “up agin it” —with the bottom out of the copra market, also the rubber, and the next blow is a penny per lb. on our bananas by the New Zealand Government. We seem to be kicked, stamped and spat on, and well rubbed in to finish off with.

What with the world-wide depres sion and financial stringency, we are badly off and it seems absurd for some of your correspondents to boast of the comparative prosperity of Fiji, which does not exist. However, here are my best wishes for all time. —I am, etc.

N. C. Hunt.

Wainunu, Bua, Fiji.