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New Banana Industr
Unhappy Angle of Fiji Disaster
Suva, Feb. 5
ONE of the most unfortuna angles of the Fiji hurricai disaster is the destruction the banana plantations.
New Zealand has been gettii half her banana supplies from Fij and, as NZ could consume mai more bananas, it had been decide with the arrival of the new Tofi (which doubles the shipping se vice), to greatly increase the F production.
This is an ideal industry for t] natives; and the Fijians had bei encouraged to very much extei their plantations in the Re\ valley system, where the be bananas are produced.
The fruit was coming forwa well, and on her first visit, i December, the Tofua took away big shipment of excellent fruit an eager market.
The hurricane swept right acre this Rewa area, and not a plant tion escaped. The Fijians’ hous are wrecked; and all hope of mai: taining the old banana trade wi NZ, let alone developing the n< business that had been planm must now be set aside for a lo] time. It will take at least a year repair the damage.