FIJI NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE DETACHED SQUADRON.
THE WRECK OF THE MEG MERRILIES. NATIVE AGITATION FOR INDEPENDENCE. [united press association.] Auckland, This Dat. The Southern Cro3* has arrived from Fiji with the following new* : — The Detached Squadron arrived at Levnka on 4th September. The inhabitants exerted themselves to the utmost to entertain the officers and men. The local cricket club were beatan by the Squadron cricketer 3, but the Levuka hifle Association gained a victory over the visitors. The Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the Meg Merrilies blamed Captain Hughes for keeping his vessel on the starboard tack instead of going round Rotumah. The natives are tired of annexation and are petitioning the Queen for restoration of their independence. The cocoannt groves at Savu Savu are being devastated by a large insect, which eats off the tops of the trees. A number of labourers have arrived from New Hebrides for the Colonial Sugar Company. Building is active at Suva, the new capital. Mr. Lambert, a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, has arrived at Levuka, with his family, in an 800-ton yacht.
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 70, 21 September 1881, Page 2
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184FIJI NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE DETACHED SQUADRON. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 70, 21 September 1881, Page 2
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