Pineapples

Another New Industry for Lucky Fiji

'THE canning of Fijian pine-apples by A the Colonial Sugar liefining Co., Ltd. will not be commenced in earnest % until about .the end of 1938.

That announcement was made early in November at a meeting of C.S.R. share holders by the chairman, Mr. E. R. Knox.

Evidently the Company intends to make the most careful preparations in the erec tion of factories, in the growing of the fruit, and in the proper organisation of the markets before it launches the new in dustry.

Mr. Knox said that the Company, with all its experience and its powerful organi sation, entered the new business with con fidence.

As already pointed out in the this is a development of first-rate import ance for Fiji—the luckiest of all British colonies. Fiji already is rich because of the sugar industry. It is richer because its great copra industry has returned to profit. It is still richer because a gold industry has been established which may produce £500,000 worth of gold annually before very long. And now’ it is to have another profitable industry in the canning of pine-apples.

The coiner of the phrase “A rich uncle from Fiji” knew’ w'hat he w r as talking about!