Price Rise For Fiji Bananas
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From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, May 3.
Banana-growers in Fiji (mainly Fijians, with a sprinkling of Euro peans) received a May Day thought from the New Zealand Internal Marketing Division—a rise of 1/- a case in the f.o.b. price of the fruit.
The Fiji Banana Board has allocated 6d. to local growers, and 6d. to local buyers.
Both the quality and packing of Fijian bananas have been improved with an eye 1o the IMD in Wellington. The discon certing factor is that the IMD is a cap ricious old lady apt to push the Fijian growers out in the cold in favour of those in Western Samoa and Cook Islands.