Very Much)
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Fiji Cost Of Living
Index Figure Lower (But Not Very Much)
From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, July 14.
THE usual revision of the index of the cost of living of Indian workmen was made at the end of June. The index figure on June 30 was one point lower for both Suva and the country districts of Viti Levu than the figure at the end of the previous quarter.
The new index numbers are 211 for Suva and 240 for the rest of Viti Levu.
The index is based on the number 100 for August 1, 1939.
Rehabilitated after retirement, the famous New Zealand schooner, Huia, ar rived at Suva on July 4 with a general cargo. She had left Auckland on June 24. The vessel has been nut into the New Zealand-Islands service by a new co-operative concern (the Huia Trading Co.) similar to that which is now operat ing the former RCS Viti in the trans- Tasman trade.