Fiji on Short Supplies

Little Flour

THE chairman of the Fiji Supply and Production Board announced in mid-February that the Board was taking over distribution of all flour, that all baking other than that of bread was prohibited, and that bakers were to cut down their bread-baking by one-third.

This sudden decision was due to the fact that all the orders for flour and sharps, due by a certain ship, had not been fulfilled, and consequently the flour supplies of the Colony were low. Every effort was being made to obtain addi tional supplies, but it was impossible to say how long it would be before these were available.