STRIKE IN FIJI.
INDIANS' DEMANDS. Bj Telegraph—F r ®«« Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received February 24, 1.40 p-m.) SUVA, February 23. The Indian strike has extended to Lautofca and Nadi- No demand has been made to theemployers, but a strikers’ meeting resolved to ask for twelve shillings for a day of six hours; five days* work weekly; half-pay in case of sickness; a two-roomed supplied with a table, two chairs, bed, mattress, screen, bathroom and lavatory; free medical attendance at their own. homes; five acres of land, and a horse, a bull and four cows, all free. There are also several political points in. the demands, which are considered to be ridiculous, and the result of outside influences. There have been no riots, and everything is quiet. The other centres are unaffected.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16360, 24 February 1921, Page 8
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