Suva Prices Soar After
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Controls Lifted
From Our Own Correspondent SUVA. July 31.
FISH which were selling at 2/- and 2/6 at the Suva market when price control was removed on July 1 are now being sold at 4/-. Other local foodstuffs are soaring in price.
Result: A mounting clamour for re imposition of price control. As the Gov ernment promised to clamp down con trols again if vendors (whether produ cers or middlemen) exploited the pub lic unduly, the profiteers appear to be cutting their own throats.
The Mayor and Mayoress of Suva, Mr. and Mrs. Alport Barker, have returned to Fiji from Canada where Mr. Barker attended a conference of the Empire Press Union.
Months of wet weather in Sydney have caused a bank up of ships and long de lays in loading and unloading. At one period in July, 95 ships were in port.
Shipments of flour, and other essential foodstuffs for Fiji, Tonga and Tahiti were weeks behind schedule.