Five Years of Fiji Co-Op.
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Societies
NEARLY 240 delegates from 97 registered and unregistered] co-operative societies attended a conference in Suva, Fiji, in; January. Proceedings were opened] by Mr. C. Harvey, who is Registrar] of Co-operative Societies as well as; Director of Agriculture.
He said that the movement had] aroused great interest in the Colony in the past five years, par-1 ticularly among Fijians who are; accustomed to working together asi communities. More recently, some Indian farmers had formed co-J operatives for the purpose of pur chasing machinery to work their I land.
Mr. Harvey emphasised that co-| operatives were not a cure-all or! a substitute for hard work. He said that the Fiji models varied ; greatly in efficiency and usefulness and that he would like to see more; producer-societies rather thanj societies which engaged in retail storekeeping and marketing of produce.