FIJIAN AFFAIRS.
SUVA, February 24. The Indian strike has extended to Lau-t-oka and Nadi. No demand has been made to the employers, but the strikers, at a meeting, resolved to ask for 12s per day of six hours, with a five-day week, half-pay in case of sickness, a two-roomed cottage, a table, two chairs, a bed, mattress, screen, bathroom, lavatory, free medical attendance at their own homes, five acres of land, one horse, one bull and four cows —all these to be free of cost; also several political points. The demands are considered ridiculous, and the result of outside influence. There have been no riots. Everything is quiet, and the other centres are not affected. HURRICANE AND TIDAL WAVE. SUVA. February 24. A hurricane passed over the southern islands of the Fiji group on February 12. A tidal wave 4ft high swept the island. Those most affected were Ono, Ogea, and Tatuku. The cocoanuts were not seriously damaged. Two cutters were wrecked, but no loss of life was reported.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3495, 1 March 1921, Page 25
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169FIJIAN AFFAIRS. Otago Witness, Issue 3495, 1 March 1921, Page 25
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