WATER FAMINE AT SUVA
NATIVES AND INDIANS CANNOT STOP WASTING W VTEii (By Telosraph.—Spo::ial to Tbs Mail.) AIJOKI AND, Tlii;; 'Day A walo famino is expi-nciiC'.'il JU Suv.l, M> 1-Il‘S CVStiil of till* J'M.g liiOUglll Till* suv;! whv'otw station smt out tin* followin'; message y.-st on lay : A osso.'s |>i»>|)o;:i 11 LJ 10 water at Suva arc warm'd tl.nl owing |o ;!ie abesenee of rain, only a very limited quantity of water is available for shipping. A Suva inrrespniiileiil- writing on September Ist savs the water supply ot Suva i-> only ecpial to .me iiiniillis nrili nary usage. Owing to the prolongi.l iiront’lii. the supply lias ilwunlleil down to the daiigei point and today the I’nlilie Works Department aiinnuneed that then- was only live days full supply and (hat water would be nit off Iron) b to Id a.in. and from 6toIS p in. daily and per Imps more oftei: nnle-s rain fell.
The lov.n has never been lured lie fin e with sneli an anile slim luge. Na lives and Indians are nnlnrmnsly care less in ’.vast lug water and it seems im possible to make them take greater care
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 8 September 1926, Page 9
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191WATER FAMINE AT SUVA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 8 September 1926, Page 9
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