FIJI NEWS.
THE KING'S SOVEREIGNITY - PROCLAIMED.
CORONATION CEREMONIES POSTPONED,
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! X . SUVA (Fiji), this day. This morning King Edward's sovereignty over Fiji was declared.
Twenty rokos, or provincial native (Governors, were sworn in.
j The Administriator read a letter to |he native people from the King, thanking them for the "burua" in honour of her late Majesty. He assured the Fijians of his personal interest in itheir welfare, and exhorted them to give no heed to those who would «ause disaffection, but to obey the jGovernors set over them for their g-ood, whose laws were his laws. He also advised them to pay their just .taxes without murmur. <•
The Coronation ceremonies are postponed.
FIJI NEWS.
Auckland Star, Volume XXXIII, Issue 150, 26 June 1902, Page 8
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