Fiji Storekeeper Profiteers

With PlI Yearbook

TWO copies of the “Pacific Islands Yearbook, 1942,’’ were sold recently by an Indian storekeeper in Siga toka, Fiji, for 25/- per copy.

This , is criminal profiteering. The retail price of the “Yearbook” is 12/6 (Australian) per copy.

The price is printed on the front cover of the book. The storekeeper had rub bed it off. But he overlooked the title page, where the price also is printed.

The indignant purchaser wrote to us about it. There is little we can do, except refuse to supply future editions to that Indian firm. The purchaser should have demanded his money back; or, alterna tively, have given the Indian gentleman a kick in the teeth. It sounds primi tive: but that is the only way to deal with the accursed tribe of profiteers.

Anneals to Governments are generally useless.