Fighting For Soap

Suva, Oct. 7.

OAP has moved firmly into a corner of Fiji’s expanding black market.

If any indication were needed of the unprecendented value of this commodity, it comes with the discovery that the committee of a church lottery (legally licensed) is offering cases of soap as first, second and third prizes.

When a rumour went round one day last week that a Suva shop was selling soap, a crowd representing all races in Fiji moved rapidly on the establishment in a solid fprmation. The shoo was re duced to selling its limited supply through a partially opened door.

The purchase of schooners for the inter-island trade in French Oceania is being undertaken by a mission visiting the United States from Tahiti.