A New Suva

FT\HE re-building of Suva continues—al l though somewhat slowed down by the war —and anyone who has not seen the mid-Pacific city for several years would scarcely recognise it now.

The completion of the new Government block gave impetus to new construction, and there has been a good deal of new private building in the business section of the town.

A new building, just completed, is that for Tolo, Ltd., at the corner of Pratt Street and Victoria Parade. It consists of shops on the ground floor and a series of fine modern offices and professional rooms on the first floor. It is a handsome addi tion to the main section of the town.

The Suva Town Board, in its last

annual report, emphasises the difficulty experienced in maintaining effective con trol over building operations. It is stated that “nearly every native owner considers himself a builder and often a plumber, with the result that all types of untrained persons are called builders. In this way, many most undesirable types of buildings have emerged.”

This applies more particularly to the back portions of the town, which are not so prominently in the view of visitors.

The undesirable types of building, foi tunately, have been kept off the main street.

Miss M. Woolnough, of the Methodist Mission in New Guinea, is at present convalescing at her home in Ashfield, Sydney, after a recent illness.