FORTUNATE HAWAII.
"CHILD OF DOTING PARENTS." COMPARISON WITH FIJI. Visitors to the Islands sometimes remark upon the comparatively undeveloped state of Fiji compared with Hawaii. Major C. B. Joske, of Suva, who is visiting Auckland, stated yesterday that the reason for tlu difference was obvious. "Wo remind such visitors," ho said, " that Hawaii is the one child of wealthy and doting parents while Fiji is merely one of a large family and has had to fend for herself." Speaking of the state of trade, Major Joske said that on top of the slump in values, the Fiji Group has suffered five hurricanes inside of 15 months, 'lhese hurricanes had inflicted damage far greater in proportion than the Napier earthquake. Crops, however, recovered miraculously in the tropics and a study of the fats and oil markets made him confident that Fiji was now- bumping along the bottom as far as prices were concerned. " The Colony's finances are in good shape," he said, "We have turned an accumulated deficit in 1922 during (lie prosperous years of £243.000 into an accumulated surplus of £200.000, and when world costs-of-living have readjusted themselves Fiji; like New Zealand and all other primary-producing countries, will see a renewal of prosperity."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 10
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FORTUNATE HAWAII.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20866, 7 May 1931, Page 10
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