No Passages To Fiji
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A Tourist Experiment That Failed
IN order to advertise the merits of the beautiful old town of Levuka, Fiji, as a winter resort, Mr. H. B. Gibson, a member of the Fiji Legislative Council, arranged for a party of eleven elderly gentlemen from New Zealand, who were interested in bowling, fishing, sun-baking etc., to visit the town during the present winter. The plan had to be cancelled, however, owing to the inability of the shipping companies to guarantee passages to and from New Zealand.
Mr. Gibson has asked that the Fiji Government give attention to this matter.
The tourist traffic to Fiji should be assisted and stimulated in every possible 18 “ 1 2 6al wmt £ r Pleasure resort, j-here has been much grumbling, in the past couple of years, concerning the
inability of people, seeking passages to and from Suva, to got accommodation on the over-crowded trans-Pacific liners.
Mr. J. H. L. Waterhouse, F.R.G.S., F.R.A.1., who is in charge of the New Guinea Administration’s Native School at Nodup, Rabaul, is the author of a small book, recently published by the Australian National Research Council, entitled “A New Guinea Language Book— Blanche Bay Dialect”.
Mr. N. Nilsen, manager of the Emperor Gold Mining Co., Tavua, returned to Fiji in July after a vacation in the United States.
Mr. A. R. Parry, senior medical assist ant at Kokopo, New Guinea, returned to duty in August, after long furlough. Dur ing several months’ residence in Sydney, he attended the course in anthropology at the University of Sydney.