HURRICANE IN ISLANDS.
NATIVES SUFFER HEAVILY. SUVA. Mar. i.
A. and N.Z.
The Yasawa Group in Fiji was badly damaged during February by a hurricane. Practically every native house has been destroyed, while the cocoanuts and food crops suffered serious damage. The island previously suffered by drought,' 'and later lost 260 inhabitants from influenza,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17101, 5 March 1919, Page 7
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54HURRICANE IN ISLANDS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17101, 5 March 1919, Page 7
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