Plate For Haas "Fiji"
p. 60 · Read in the full issue
Prom Our Own Correspondent.
Suva, Mar. 3.
WHEN it was known that one of the new 8,000 ton cruisers for the Royal Navy is to be called H.M.S. “Fiji”, a suggestion was made that the Colony should present to the cruiser a piece of silver plate bearing the name of the Col ony of Fiji.
A subscription list has been opened.
It will close when £lOO is secured, and the Government will contribute the bal ance. The amount of individual sub scriptions has been limited to a max imum of 5/- and although the list has been open only a few days there has been a good response.