Tea Restrictions In Fiji

Restrictions on the sale of tea in the Colony of Fiji were imposed on September 2, under Regulation 50 of the Defence Regulations. Briefly, this means that no retailer shall, without a written permit from the Competent Authority (Comptroller of Customs), sell in any month more than 70 per cent, of the average quantity of tea sold by him during the six months period ending August 31, 1942.

Mr. M. J. Bernhardt, of the BSI Administration, has been seconded for service to the British Service, New Hebrides. He has been typist and clerk in the Resident Commissioner’s Depart ment in the Solomons since 1932.

Mr. C. H. G. White, who has been with the Medical Department of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate since 1924, has been seconded to the British Service, New Hebrides, as Yaws and Hookworm Officer.

Mr. T. R. Cowell, a Cadet Officer of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, was appointed to act as Administrative Officer at Fanning Island from September, 1942.

Advice was received by Mr. R. C.

Kerkham, of Suva, in September, that his son, S. O. C. Kerkham, who was serving overseas with the New Zealand Forces, and who was reported missing, is now a prisoner of war.

Mr. J. I. Blaikie, inspector of police, has been appointed a member of the Township Board, Levuka, Fiji.