FIJIAN EXPEDITION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15132, 3 February 1920, Page 5

FIJIAN EXPEDITION.

TUTANJIIKAJ-TDErAVES WITH FORCE FOR ISLANDS.

(Special to the Herald.) WELLING-TON) thSs day. The -Government' steamer Tu'tanekai left here yesterday with a party of members of the Ne,w Zealand Permanent Force for' Fiji. 7 The Premier, when questioned about a. sensational rumor re 7 gardling Samoa ;and Fiji, said.: "There is nothing wrong m wnoa, but the. strike of Hindu. laborers, in Fiji ,miak^s*it necessary, for , tli©. .Government to .send,', a' small force m the Tutanekai io Fiji, . which may .not; have, oocaeion to-, land.) but -will be ther© as, a •precautionary measure. . There, is no ,panic, -and, we are advised that what, is, being done i$ the right thing. . 7 ' ' (Per f ress Association.). WELLINGTON, last night. : ... Some, alarm ' has been, cauff*ed by 7the" imposition of cable censorship on certain news relating, .to Fiji, and alarm has ledto the circulaUonjOrymischievdi^.rurnora." One ■ -of .. these , has, , been that there 'liave been seripua liappehings.at Samqa, ..but 'this .is quite incorrect, and tji'ere is np, special cause for alarm, about. .events. at' Fiji. Titers is a. strike bf Indiaji.^tork-, ers, and tliis is 7 serious . enougji, m the gi-oup, thre^t,eniitg, it. may, , be, the peace and order the. community, ...The. New Zealand Government has been asked_ ,to, take certain action,, and Jit is of this action.- that . the cabW.cehsprsliip is operative. '" ' , jT "',7 ' '..," ""..' Mr. Massey m^de.a hrief .statement to-day. ''There is' nothing wrbiig^'atj .Sampa so, far. ae I, know," he"' "said!.. '''Everything* ls all' right an'd'is going on well. I "should, think'tlikt, this!! Vpnipi. must have originated 'trom' the fact tliat it has become necessary "for the New Zealand Goverrjmerit to ;'send the TutanV kai to Fiji on. account of there. This ia being- done simply as a* precautionary measure. A number oif members of the New Zealand, perrhanent' force will travel by the steamer.. There! is no cause for alarm or panic, or., anything of that sort. We have been advised that iwe should do tliis, and we are sending the ship. I hope' tliat it may not be neCeesary for the men on board to land.."