No More Beef!
p. 24 · Read in the full issue
Suva Faces A Steak Famine Soon
SUVA, April 26.
ON April 24, one of the largest Suva butcheries (Leylands) .announced that after May 1, it will supply no more beef. By that date the firm will have used up all its available cattle.
On the same day it was officially an nounced that a committee had been set up to investigate and report on the beef situation in Fiji. The committee con sists of the Acting Chief Veterinary Offi cer (Mr. A. Hall), the Controller of Prices (Mr. R. W. Parkinson), and Messrs. C.
F. Corbett, R. P. Little, Harm Nam, and Sarda Nand Maharaj.
The “Fiji Times” has reported that a prospective cattle-buyer last week saw a small herd of Indian-owned cattle on the roadside outside Suva. He calculated that they would be worth between £6O and £7O in the days when cattle prices were con trolled, and offered the owner £BO. He was laughed at and told that the Indians expected at least £125 for them.