Late News

Arrests in Solomons SUVA, Sept. 10 THE Acting High Commissioner for Western Pacific (Mr. Nicoll) has re turned to Suva after investigating the “Marching Rule” situation in the British Solomons.

A number of members of “Marching Rule” have been arrested on charges of failure to obey summonses from Govern ment Courts.

Fiji's Rice Price is Raised

SUVA, Sept. 2 THE maximum retail price of rice in Fiji has been increased from 3£d. a pound (the controlled price in force since 1944) to sd. a pound.

“As most people in the Colony are aware, there has been great difficulty re cently in obtaining rice at the controlled price, and a black market has been oper ating,” savs an official statement. .

No maximum wholesale prices have been fixed for rice and padi.

Mr. Sid Wood. Fox Movietone camera man has been in Port Moresby for some time making newsreel shots and docu mentaries on New Guinea. He has travelled throughout the Territory. His shots in Moresby include the Bomana War cemetery, the Police Training School at Sogeri, and the Education Department’s secondary school at Sogeri. He also went down the coast to make a record of the bore for oil at Kariava. which is now down over 9,000 feet.