THE FIJI HURRICANE.
DETAILS OF DAMAGE DENE, j Auckland. Feb, 1-1. News from Fiji, per the steamer Eei-landia. states that the hurricane ".ill prove a set batk to the colony, .‘■'most the cniire groan has suf-r.-ri’d: copra from the effects of the wind, and bananas from floods. It v ill be six months before the banana trade, returns to normal conditions, -h.hough probably there is enough fruit left to satisfy the Sydney and Ei’W Zealand markets. The native food suffered severely. The hurricane has done grea! d miage at Suva. At Suva Bay* it v : d be several months before that d :,tict< returns to a normal condi Ilapaai suffered very consider.•l'Jy. The steamer Dorry was sfanded at the Tau group, and it will cost -me hundreds of pounds to repair h.-r.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 52, 14 February 1912, Page 6
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132THE FIJI HURRICANE. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 52, 14 February 1912, Page 6
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