Fiji Short Of Butter

VTOT WITHSTANDING the up-to-date ll butter factories that have been established in Fiji over the last few years, there was an acute butter short age in the Colony in October. This, it is reported, has caused much indignation amongst shoppers, many of whom adopted the short-sighted and unfair P°“ c y °f blaming shop-assistants. Fiji had become largely self-supporting in butter before the war, but the present position can be explained by the need for provisioning considerable numbers of troops, and plus the shortage of shipping in the Pacific area.