July 1-30 1966

is Dr John Iaman, the District Director of Public Health in Majuro.

July 23

LABASA Mill has established a crushing record for the third successive week. This week the mill crushed 15,661 tonnes which succeeded the previous records by 1363 tonnes.

July 25

THERE was such a shortage of experienced accounting officers in the Government service that departments competed for them said the Director Agriculture, Mr K.J.Garnett, in the Legislative Council when he complained that department heads had to spend too much time on accounts.

July 26

AFTER having been reported by a warder at Suva Goal for obstructing him, Isireli Soata struck the warder in the face and kicked him while he was lying on the ground. Soata, with 35 previous convictions was sentenced to serve another two years.

July 28

NUTRITION training for nurses, dieticians and medical officers in the South Pacific has been advanced by the opening on Tuesday of the Nutrition Training Unit at the Fiji School of Medicine, Tamavua.

July 29

PLANS have been completed for the construction, at a total cost of 160,000 pounds of a store and hotel by Burns Philp (SS) Company Limited – the store to replace the building along Ganga Singh Street, Ba and the hotel to replace the Hot Springs in Savusavu.

July 30

THE need for a wages ad incomes policy for Fiji is underlined by the president of the Fiji Employers’ Consultative Association, Mr A.C.O’Reilly, in his report to members presented at the annual meeting on Thursday.