Fire On Fiji Copra
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Plantation
From Our Own Correspondent.
Suva, May 27.
FIRE in the early hours of the morning of May 9 on the Salialevu copra plantation of the Coubrough Estate, Taveuni, caused damage estimated at between £2,000 and £3,000.
The outbreak destroyed the No. 2 kiln, a copra shed with a large quantity of copra, a garage, and a lorry. The drier was a steam one and as the boilers had not been in use for 24 hours prior to the outbreak the origin of the fire is a mystery. It is understood that incen diarism is suspected, and a police officer has gone from Suva to investigate.