OUR FIJI LETTER.
the Vancouver market, oranges, bananas, pineapples, and citrons could be shipped in any quantity. A report from Sydney states that the Australian fruit shipped was all bought up by the commission men in Vancouver— bananas, febching (wh&fosale) from 2dol to 2dol 500, and pineapples from 2dol to Sdol 25c per dozen. Cricket and lawn tennis matches are all the rage in Fiji, and there is talk of introducing the game of polo. The fair sex have entered the cricket field, and a match was played the other day, Ladies v. Bachelors— the gentlemen playing , with left hands only, and using broomsticks against the bats handled by bhe ladies. The bachelors woo.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 17 August 1893, Page 17
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114OUR FIJI LETTER. Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 17 August 1893, Page 17
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