Wild Pig Menace In Vanua

Levu

WILD pigs are becoming a serious prob blem in Vanua Levu, one of the two large islands of Fiji. They have in creased so rapidly that they have become not only a nuisance, but a danger.

One newspaper correspondent says;— “Native gardens are being destroyed; late rice crops suffered heavily; and the con tinued loss to coconut planters is severe.

Surely the Government can grant a little assistance? Why not again pay 1/- for every jaw bone as was done in the past?

It would offer inducement to the natives ‘to go on the kill’.”

Nurse Williamson, of the Methodist Mission, arrived in Sydney from Misima Island, Papua, by the last “Macdhui” and proceeded to Victoria, where she will spend a holiday.