BANANAS TO BE DEAR.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13059, 29 April 1910, Page 7

BANANAS TO BE DEAR.

RESULT OF HURRICANE IN FIJI. (Per United Press Association.) AUCKLAND, April 29. 1 An auctioneer with a large island busi- ! ness, states that consignments of bananas cannot be expected from Fiji for eight • months, Tonga is shipping less fruit this vear. 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 a better , market for'it exists. - " Tliese conclusions are based on letters from growers. Cue of the settler’s losses in, bananas and cane is estimated at £6OOO. In the Rewa district, the damage by the hurricane is estimated at between £50,000 and £60.000.