PADDLE HER OWN CANOE.
; FIJI WANTS TO BE LEFT ALOIfX. DON'T WANT AUSTRALIA'S TROUBLES. SYDNEY, March 14. ': The Hon. M. Hedstroom, of Fiji, in further discussing the proposal that>Fiji be annexed by Australia, as suggested/ in an interview with the Commonwealth I Premier (Mr. Wm. Hughes) in London, said that from what they knew of Aus-V j tralian administration, the Fiji pejbpleV' ; were not inclined to encourage i tlip ""•' desire of the Australian Government toi*'.'..--take the islands. If Australia would give free entry to Fiji products, it wbuld ; be a fine thing, but Australia had*alipvV to consider Queensland, the Northeni j Territory, and Papua. Fiji would prefer ' 'to come under the wing of New Zealand,V I because New Zealand had no ! possession to consider outside of the- 1 ; Cook Islands and Niue. The d!»VV . advantage of New Zealand would be the ' V Dominion's limited consumption. 6a~ V ,the whole, Fiji would prefer to be left -r alone. The people there were happily..' free from a lot of troubles affecting: Australia. V'V ■. .^ ; .; ■"-..•
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 64, 15 March 1916, Page 6
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171PADDLE HER OWN CANOE. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 64, 15 March 1916, Page 6
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