Drought Breaks In Fiji
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CYCLONIC storms in the Central Pacific, which played havoc with shipping towards the end of February, brought to Fiji substantial rains just when a bad drought situation was de veloping.
In November and December, crops failed, owing to the dry weather, and January was so dry that it was impos sible to plant anything. As a rule the rainy season sets in about the end of January, but the month passed, dry and hot.
The first half of February was also phenomenally dry—but finally there came copious rains, and cultivators everywhere have been very busy plant ing. ' Nevertheless, the rainfall for Feb ruary in Fiji was only 5 inches, whereas the average for 55 years is about Hi inches.
Second Lieutenant Robert John Aylwin Wallace, elder son of the late Mr. Robert Lovell Lever and Mrs. Lever of Regent’s Park. London, was married to Miss Beatrice Carr, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Carr, of Suva at St.
John’s, Suva, on February 28. The cere mony was performed by Yen. Archdeacon H. M. Harris.