Whistling In
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The Dark?
The first sugar ever producei in Western Samoa was milled a Vaivase, a few miles out o Apia, at the end of April. Th> Government hopes that by ex tending the industry on a smal scale village basis Samoa wil eventually produce all the suga it needs.
Commenting on this, the Fi] Public Relations Office newslet ter said recently that it seemet inevitable that Fiji, which no\ supplies Western Samoa’s sugar would eventually lose this mar ket—worth more than £lOO,OOl a year.
“Hopefully, perhaps, the news letter added : “But Fiji need no fear Samoa as a potential riva in the world sugar market be cause sugar production there i not envisaged as an export in dustry.”