SERIOUS FIGHTING.
NATIVES IN FIJI. Received February 11, 1.35 p.m. SUVA, Feb. 11. Serious fighting broke out between the natives of two provinces employed on the Tavua goldfield on Sunday evening and continued yesterday morning. Fifteen were injured and seven were scut to hospital. The situation is now controlled by the District Commissioner and the police. More' police have been dispatched from Suva. The dispute was caused through domestic trouble and no Europeans were involved.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 63, 12 February 1936, Page 8
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