Fiji Rice at £50 a Ton
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From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, June 20.
SOME locally grown rice was sell ing in Fiji at £5O per ton in June, although world price is about £ll2 and the retail price in Suva of Australian rice is £FBfi/13/4.
Those handling rice in Fiji gave several reasons for the present low price of the local product. First, rice is in good supply, last season
having been good; secondly, the quality varies considerably and rice selling at £5O may not be top quality; thirdly, some Indian farmers, pressed for cash, are selling at lower than normal rates.
Overseas buyers rushing to order a consignment at £5O per ton can relax—rice in Fiji is a prohibited export.
A son (Peter John) was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Weeks, of Rabaul, NG, on June 14.