Drastic Petrol Cut In
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Fiji
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Dec. 23.
BENZINE rationing is to be attempted seriously in Fiji. Half-way through December a notice calmly halved the value of coupons already issued for that month, and there are prospects of even more severe limitations for 1942.
The rations hitherto customary have been very large, compared with those allowed in Australia and New Zealand.
But it must be remembered that Fiji is without trains or trams, and the only alternative to riding in a car is to walk.
Mr. K. Walker, Cl Director of Educa tion, is now on leave in NZ.
Mr. C. J. S. Shore took over the office of Postmaster at Apia, Western Samoa, recently, from Mr. G. W. Marston, when the latter returned to New Zealand with his wife and two children.
Miss Mary Dow, a Victorian who has been undergoing training in Sydney at the Australian Board of Missions’ Hostel, will shortly leave for Papua to join the New Guinea Mission staff.