Petrol Costs Increase In
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Fiji
Suva, Dec. 2.
fTTHE fixed price of petrol in Suva and J. Levuka, Fiji, is now 2/10 per gallon —a rise of 3d. The rise is stated to be because of Lend-Lease adjustments.
For four years prior to last April (when prices fell by Id.) the price in Suva and Levuka was 2 8. (Ed. Note; Throughout most of the war years the price of petrol in Aus
tralian capital cities was around 2/10 per gallon. In recent months it has fallen to 2/71. Government tax accounts for more than 1/- of this amount.) : . = M. Pierre Auge, French Minister at Canberra, recently paid a brief visit to Noumea.
Dr. h>. W. Jack, formerly Director of Agriculture in Fiji, is now Assistant Agricultural Adviser in the Colonial Office, London. He visited Canada in this capacity recently.