FIJI WARNED OF HURRICANE
R.N.Z.A.F. Planes Leave Suva (New Zeaiana Press Association) AUCKLAND, December 1. Five Royal New Zealand Air Force Sunderland flying-boats left the station at Lauthala Bay, Fiji, for Auckland early this morning when an intense hurricane was reported 230 miles north-west of the island, moving south-south-west. The aircraft are expected at Hobsonville station at 3 a.m. tomorrow. When the hurricane passed over Rotuma island, north of Fiji, winds of more than 50 knots were reported, said the Auckland meteorological office at Mechanics Bay tonight. Later the path of the hurricane veered further west, heading to the west of Suva.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28758, 2 December 1958, Page 14
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