GERMANS RETURN TO FIJI.
HOSTILE RECEPTION. LUGGAGE IN THE HARBOUR; SOLDIERS TAKE ACTION. ; - By Telegraph—Press Association— (Received 10.50 p.m.) ■ A. and N.Z. SUVA. Dec. 8. Five Germans who had been re- ■ patriated to Atua were met yesterl day at the wharf 'by returned sol--5 Idiers, who made a hostile demon- - stration. The luggage of the Ger--1 mans was flung into the harbour. 1 The Germans decided to stay ! aboard the steamer. To-day the Governor met representatives of the Returned Soldiers' Association, and promised that the Germans would be placed on the quarantine island pending a decision. Other Germans of Levuka, who are due on Wednesday, will be sent to the island also.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17338, 9 December 1919, Page 9
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