—Temporarily

Suva's GPH to Close —Temporarily

SUVA’S Grand Pacific Hotel will be closed to guests for a month, January 7-February 7, while contractors carry out reconstruction work.

Although this period, in the middle of Fiji’s “hurricane season”, can be regarded as the off-period, nonetheless the closing of Suva’s chief hotel will cause no little in convenience to the travelling public —even if acknowledged to be a necessary evil.

There are very few days of the year when Fiji’s hotels are not bursting at the seams. Frequently, Americans travelling south to es cape their winter, step off the trans pacific planes in the so-called off season to spend some days in Fiji.