No Indians Yet
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For N. Caledonia
From Our Own Correspondent T___ SUVA, March 1.
HE proposal that Indian workers should go from Fiji to New Caledonia, to solve the labour problem there, remains wrapped in official silence, and young Indians are writing to the Suva newspaper
seeking information.
Says one of them: “Unless the wage scale is commensurate with the general qualifications of the laborers, and is compatible with their standard of living, .and is such
as affords ample incentive for them to go to an alien country and sub ject themselves to God-knows what-is-in-store-for-them, our men will never accept any offers, how ever tempting they may seem on the surface.”
Pending a Government state ment, there is a general impression that the official mission of inquiry from Fiji found that, economically, all that glitters in New Caledonia is not gold—mainly because of the inflated cost of living there.
Flour prices rose by 10/- per ton in Fiji m January. Australian flour millers had discontinued the practice of allowing a discount of 10/- per ton on all flour exported.