Eggless Suva Finds Eggs
p. 21 · Read in the full issue
For "Matua"
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, May 3.
"171 VERY year, from about the end of M-J January until well into May, people in Suva, and a large part of Fiji generally, are compelled to forget that ordinary hens’ eggs are edible.
The black market, of course, can usually find eggs at any time. It can also charge for them at golden-goose rates. Notwithstanding these shortages, however on April 27, a supply of eggs was fpund at Suva for the “Matua,” just ar rived from Auckland.
It seems that there was a blackout on eggs in Auckland, and that after the crew had held the ship back for an hour by an unsatisfied demand for eggs someone promised them eggs at Suva. ’
The Aero Club of New Caledonia, which ceased its activities on the outbreak of war, in 1939, has been reformed and now has 1550 members. A first course for a pilot’s certificate is to be given by M.
Vernon, A New Hebridean colonist has donated a plane for the use of members.
Members of the New Caledonian General Council, including the President, M. Bonneaud, recently spent six days in the North of New Caledonia inspecting damage done in the recent cyclone and floods. The Colony’s Permanent Com mission recommended a grant of 555,000 francs as flood relief.
Miss Ivy Lapthorne of the Methodist Mission, Fiji, arrived in Sydney on leave in April.