FIJI BANANAS

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11046, 1 November 1921, Page 7

FIJI BANANAS

a new mwnWi AUSTRALIA'S^LOgB; CANADA* V SUVA. October JR. It appear a* fit Australia's leaf of the* beat-flavoured lumens in the mda were to he Canada’s grin. Dxiuen out at the Australian iimmlmf by Federal politicians the Fiji ptor turn were faood' with a isfiur ii inltad mss ket in New Zealand, as the only statist for their fruit. New areas, each as the roctorod plantations at Ripatnta, aae «im»Tijf forward to sweU the wijpiit shortly, and markets ere wasted. A) when Colonel Dyer. O-B-HL, whose fipay have lived long in’ Fiji, irinriwn Jss London and Oineda last month with am offer from Canada, the proposal found thsjdantem and shippers in a Hriiasiag A meeting of those lutes catnd. •speptti the offer of the Ganadism Gorrornnftnt.to provide refrigerating space la their steamers, which will sail mesitWy on their way hack from Australia to Canada and carry as a trial some 8000 cases of bananas at 55 cents a case or large bunch. It is decided to send a third in bunches, one-third in orates, and onethird in oases. Prices quoted at Vancouver will leave a better profit than has been got h Sydney with a 2s 6d duty. The planters desired the service to start- in January, but a cable message arrived from Canada to-day saying -that the first steamer had been fixed to call here in November and hoping the space would be filled. A meeting of planters end shippers has been called hr tbs 20th. and it is most likely that the steamship department's wishes will he agreed to. The prospect at opening up-a. direct -trade with Canada has greatly heartened our colonists, and much is expected freer such trade relations.