Tahiti Not Lotus Land
AUCKLAND, Tue. (P.A.).—Political and industrial unrest, monetai-y inflation and'shortages, with a flourishing black market, chax-acterised life in Papeete today, according to passengers in the vessel Waitemata, which an-ived from the American Pacific Coast via Papeete and Samoa today. Imports, apart from food from New Zealand, wei-e down to a minimum, said Mr P. H. Edmunds, retired, of Papeete.
Captain H. E. Wilson, formerly commander of Royal Mail Line ships, who js on a holiday tour, said: “Papeete is all right if you are a millionaire. "Costs have risen 560 per cent and goods which are scai-ce ai - e obtainable only on the black market.”
A Papeete resident, Mr W. G. Smith, said there were now about 18 labour unions in Tahiti. These were the outcome of extensive discontent among the natives.
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Northern Advocate, 13 January 1948, Page 5
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