In Fiji
p. 58 · Read in the full issue
Price of Butter and Ghee Rises In Fiji
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva. Oct. 11.
HTHE price of New Zealand butter in A Fiji has gone up 4ld. to a record figure of 3/U a pound. This is one result of the alteration of the New Zea land exchange rate.
Simultaneously ghee, for the Indians, has gone up another Bd. to 4/8 a bottle.
A correspondent in the “Fiji Times” re cently appealed to the Hindus not to bum ghee at the Diwali Festival of
Lights in November in view of the desperate world food shortage. Coconut oil serves the same purpose.
At previous festivals prosperous Indians, farmers and even Gujerati shoemakers have been accustomed to burn a bottle or two of ghee for each family at Diwali.
Eight young Fijian nurses gained their diplomas this year. They were Mele Lositika, of Lau, who won four of the major prizes; Anaseini Namakadre, Aka nise Buatoka, Makarita Sokuta, Akanise Bale, Eta Watiravula, Mereoni Semkalou and Atalaite Biu.