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- t | COIONt GBATIItED BRITISH CHOICE OF NAMg; SILVER PLATE AS GlFr^jg [from oub own cobeespondent] : SUVA, Jnne 4 The decision of the British Govern, ment to call 1 one of the five cruisers now being built H.JI.S. Fiji and to call the class of this cruiser If by that name has occasioned considerable interest in Fiji. A suggestion §§ made by the Fiji Times and Herald that a piece or pieces of silver plate be presented to H.M.S. Fiji was ao cepted by the Government and for. warded to England. * \ A reply has been received from the ■ . Secretary of State for the Colonies stating that the Admiralty would bo pleased to accept such a gift from.the people of Fiji. |§ ' - It was decided to raise £IOO 'by public subscription limited to five shillings per person, the remainder of ; the money to be provided by the Government of Fiji. The amount to be donated by the. public has now been received, the list of subscribers 1 comprising Europeans, Fijians and Indians, in which many small amounts from children were included. Together with the Government amount S the money will be forwarded to *■- England for the purchase of a piece of silver plate, or pieces of plate, as a mark of the interest taken in the vessel by the people of Fiji
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23061, 11 June 1938, Page 12
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