Fire In Suva Store
pp. 63-64 · Read in the full issue
From Our Own Correspondent.
SUVA, Sept. 2.
AFIRE which broke out in the bulk rice store and mill of Messrs. A. Q.
McGowan and Co., Suva, destroyed clean ing mills and other machinery. Over 500 sacks of paddy rice and a quantity of beans were damaged by fire and water.
The interior of the building was severely damaged.
The outbreak is believed to have been caused by friction of a bean crushing machine igniting the inflammable dust.
The building, store, and plant were covered by insurance.
Mr. George Rolph, until recently man ager of Lancefield South Gold Options N.L., of Victoria, has been appointed by Viti Levu Gold N.L. to take charge of their interests in Fiji.
Captain Sir Maxwell Maxwell-Ander son, Chief Justice of Fiji, accompanied by Lady Maxwell-Anderson, sailed from Syd ney for England by the Strathaird on September 7. Although it was Lady Maxwell-Anderson’s first visit to Sydney, her husband was here 30 years ago as an officer in the Royal Navy on H.M.S, Sparrow. While Captain Sir Maxwell- Anderson is in Europe, the Hon. R. S.
Thacker will act as Chief Justice of Fiji.
Miss M. Harris, of Watnabara, New 'Guinea, left Sydney for Rabaul by the Nankin on August 14, after leave spent in Victoria. She has been working with the Methodist Mission for over 15 years.