Fiji War Loan Closes
pp. 45-46 · Read in the full issue
rE Fiji War Loan, which has been open since September, 1943, closed on February 28.
It was authorised for £750,000 (in £lOO and £5 Bonds) and to the end of 1945, £552,570 has been subscribed. About £500,000, from this amount, had been lent to the British Government for Reciprocal Aid expenditure in Fiji; and about £50,000 for expenditure in the WPHC territories.
In the first 11 days of February, 11,338 cases of bananas were shipped from Suva, Fiji, to New Zealand. The shipping period coincided with the severe storm that hit the eastern districts, otherwise it Is believed that 15,000 cases would have been shipped. These figures compare favourably with the pre-war monthly export of the fruit to the Dominion.
A large-scale missionary demonstration was held in the Sydney Town Hall on February 19, when the Rev. Rodger Page, president of the Tonga Conference, pre sided. Mr. Page has been for the past 38 years a missionary leader in Tonga.
Suva (Fiji) had 25 wet days in January, when 14.42 inches fell (3.57 of them on the wettest day, January 30). Average rainfall for January over the last 62 years was 11.49 inches.