A BANANA FAMINE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10441, 29 April 1910, Page 4

A BANANA FAMINE.

! (Per Press Association.) Auckland, April 29. An auctioneer with a large Island business states that- consignments of bananas cannot he expected from Fiji for eight months. Tonga is shipping less fruit this year, and the Cook Islands are not able to supply the extra demand. Consequently prices will be higher than for the past 20 years. Any fruit arriving during the winter months will probably be shipped to Sydney, where there is a better market for it. These conclusions are based on letters from growers. One of the settlers' losses in bananas and cane arc estimated at £6OOO.

Iu the Rewa district the damage by the. hurricane is estimated between £50,000 and £60,000.