Savu Savu, a New Fiji Port.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIX, Issue 10, 5 March 1913, Page 37

Savu Savu, a New Fiji Port.

This is a characteristic bit of the coastal scenery of Fiji, at Savu Savu, about 100 miles north of Suva. Savu Savu is a new port where the New Zealand steamers now make regular calls. In the old days barques used to go to Savu Savu to load cocoanut oil, and also cotton, which it was at one time thought was going to make the fortune of the colony. A relic of those times is to be found lying about till this day —a pair of heavy stone rollers brought over from New South Wales and used in the crushing of the dry cocoanuts to express the oil. Savu Savu is one of the many places dotted over the Pacific in a north-easterly direction from New Zealand, where there

of the Reefs,” a picturesque title born by the Roko or hereditary chief. The young lady who figured last year in a more or less romantic matrimonial episode with a New Zealander, who, it was said, had vowed to many her in spite of every opposition, was a niece of Tui Cjakau. There is any amount of good land in the vicinity of Savu Savu, which may be leased from the natives, and a prosperous future is prophesied for the port by those who know the group.

are evidences of thermal action. There are several excellent hot springs about, and the natives use them just as the Maoris do at Rotorua for cooking their food. The cutter is typical of a number of handy craft of shallow draught fitted with auxiliary power which trade round the reef-strewn eoasts of Fiji picking up copra, etc., and taking trade to the various outports. This particular boat is the Tui Cakau, which means “The Lord