Not Much Cheer In This
p. 13 · Read in the full issue
Cup!
A RECENT price order, in respect of “Nathan’s No. 8 Tea”, issued by the Tongan Government shows to what extraordinary heights the cost of this beverage has risen in the Kingdom.
Wholesale price has been fixed at 7/2 per pound; retail, 7/7 per pound. These prices refer to Tonga tabu. Prices are slightly higher on the other Tongan Islands.
It would be cheaper to drink whisky— if one could buy whisky in Tonga.
The high cost of Australian flour in the Kingdom has been referred to in recent issues of “PIM”. If flour and tea— which come within the non-luxury cat egory—are any indication, then the King dom must have the highest cost of living in the South Pacific.
A decree authorising the construction of the Casino at Anse Vata beach, Noumea, has been signed in Paris by the Ministers for Colonies and Justice.
The plan has come before the French Chamber.
Messrs. M. R. Howard and H. J. Farmer, left Brisbane by flying-boat recently for Suva, Fiji.