Of New Industry To Fiji
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Tapioca Mill Marks Introduction Of New Industry To Fiji
THE installation of machinery for a tapioca mill at Nasinu, Fiji, by Mr.
G. A. Cederman, a New Zealand engineer, in November, was an event of importance, because this represents the introduction of a new industry to Fiji by the enterprise of a co-operative associa tion of Fiji natives. Hitherto, all starch extraction has been done by hand.
The plant—made in New Zealand from wooden moulds prepared in Fiji from
plans first drawn in Malaya—was ordered by the Fijian Co-operative Market Asso ciation, of Nasinu. It is in three sections —a washing machine, a rasping machine and a straining machine. It was made in Mr. Cederman’s workshop in Hokitika, and thence shipped to Fiji.
The United States State Department in Washington announced in November that the United States Consulate at Suva, Fiji, will be closed on December 31 be cause of lack of Consulate business for Americans there recently.