Numbers;

Unnumbered [?]y"

[?]rst the Street- Numbers; [?]en the Postie

is always a source of amaze ment to newly arrived residents and visitors to Suva, to learn houses and business establish ts in the city have no street ibers. jout the middle of July, a en wrote to the Fiji Times ask why the postal authorities had taken steps to institute a 5m of numbering. The corro dent added that numbers would it grocers, bakers, and milkmen heir deliveries, particularly to customers. le letter drew a spirited re se from the Postmaster-General J. A. Marais), who said that lepartment was prepared to in te a mail delivery service, but it was the responsibility of l City Council to do the street bering. reporter made some inquiries i the Mayor (Cr. A. D. Leys) t the matter but did not re ; much satisfaction, hether the council has some to start numbering is still not m, but if there is a plan then council is being secretive about th some pomp, Suva declared : to be a city a couple of years (pop. about 30,000). Why not city-sized services to go with ;itle? t for Suva taxi drivers’ ex dinarily wide knowledge of the visitors, and many local re its, would waste much time in ng their way about. These rs seem to know the dwelling of every person in Suva. sause of a shortage of certain stuffs at Manihiki, Northern Islands, in July, permission requested from and granted by Resident Commissioner for four sailing boats to make the ile open-sea passage across to hanga. The outward passage 4 hours, and the return pass on the following day 5 hours, 'ound-trip being made without ent. wording to US Fish and Wild- Commercial Fisheries Review, Van Camp cannery, at Pago contracted with the Japanese ig organisation to accept 7,570 of tuna and other fish in 1956. 5d prices a short ton were: ;ore, $275; gilled yellowfin under $180; 90 lb-130 lb, $140; over ), $100; spearfish and miscel us species, $lOO.