Faipule Ask for Clean Up of Suva’s

Increase in Pay Eating Houses

SALARY increases were sought by members of the Fono of Faipule in Western Samoa at the Fono’s February session. Rea sons given were increasing living costs and the heavy entertainment expenses demanded by the Mem bers’ positions.

The Faipule, at the High Commis sioner’s request, elected a committee of four to consider the question.

The HC said that the Government was perturbed at the widespread public service demands for salary increases. Sources of revenue at present were inadequate to meet the additional costs.

Earlier, Government employees had asked the NZ Territories Minister for higher pay.

Tourists Like Volcanoes

When Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano blew ip in March after 50 dormant years, inter-island Airlines, Ltd., rushed in with ipecial tourist flights over the mountain md did a roaring trade. Hire car services it Hilo also boomed. No lives were lost n the eruption, although the village of topoho was overwhelmed and a large ugarcane area was burned.

From Our Suva Correspondent SUVA, March 25.

A CAMPAIGN to clean up Suva’s cafes, waged by the city’s chief health inspector, has encountered difficulties at times, but has now pro

duced fairly satisfactory results.

Residents of all races, as well as tourists, have often lamented the low standards of too many of Suva’s Chinese or Indian cafes. (Public eating-places outside the four hotels are virtually a Chinese-Indian monopoly).

In some cases, for instance, it was recognised that it would be un just to insist on immediate structural alterations when the tenants of down-at-heel buildings were on a month-to-month rental and would have to bear the expense.

However, the campaign has pro duced a useful general overhaul, and badly-needed repainting has brightened many of the dingy back rooms which passed as cafes. The personal cleanliness of cooks and waiters is a point that has been stressed, and all eating-places have been supplied with posters showing the effects of dirty conditions and contamination of food by flies and other pests.

Meanwhile the well-known green grocery of Yee Joy and Co. is build ing new premises in Gumming Street and will open the top floor as a modern cafe. Mr. Yee Joy, sen., sent one of his sons to Sydney for ideas about equipment, and the restaurant will be spacious, well ventilated and well-furnished.