FIJI'S FUTURE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17192, 12 June 1916, Page 8

FIJI'S FUTURE.

PETITION FOR ANNEXATION

COLONIAL OFFICE CONDEMNED

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. MELBOURNE, June 10.

Mr Mahon has received a communication from a resident of Fiji stating that a petition would be presented to the Imperial Government urging the annexation of the colony either by Australia or New Zealand. If a referendum were taken there would be a majority vote in favour of the proposed change. The main grounds were stagnation and the inability of tlie Colonial Office to give proper attention to tho colony's requirements.