BOWLERS AT FIJI.
ISLANDERS' ROYAL. HOSPITALITY.
The last pfthe t .party of fifty bowlers from the'executives of the New Zealand and New South.."Wales Associations, who visited Suva last, month to attend the opening 'of. the' new bowling green at Suva, arrived, "'back in Auckland to-day by the island ' steamer. .Itr, L; J. Pegler, of Auckland, who was with the party and stayed' behind with others to enjoy a regular tour of the islands after the party'had-concluded' the'formalities connected with the. trip and disbanded at Suva, states that the island people treated their guests with royal hos|pitality. Among the many entertajnments arranged for them was an excursion to the island of Beqa, and the performance there by fire-walkers. He says that this.performance of fire-walk-ing is given only about once in ten years by the exclusive tribe of natives on Beqa, and this unique exhibition was very highly appreciated by., the visitors. The members of the party, iie says, had the time of their lives in the round of entertainments arranged for them, and in the trips ■ which ; they subsequently made around.-the- islands.' •
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 189, 12 August 1925, Page 8
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