Suva's Christmas
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Heat, Mosquitoes and Colds
From Our Own Correspondent
Suva. Dec. 28.
ALTHOUGH Suva stewed steamily through most of the Christmas period, the worst feature of the last part of December has not been the humidity but the blanket of mosquitoes that has descended on the town, in de fiance of the Mosquito Control.
From Walu Bay to Nasova Police De pot and from the harbour front to Flag staff Hill, a concerted wail of protest is going up, without effect.
It is unlikely that the plague origin ated in the town area, where the Control inspectors constantly hover like hawks.
Strong suspicion attaches to the rice fields on Suva Peninsula and to man grove clearances recently made for read ing purposes near Lami.
Whether it is related to the mosquito visitation or not is not known but an epidemic of feverish colds, sore throats and similar afflictions is very wide spread at present.
Mr. K. W. McFarlane won the Fiji Golf Club’s senior championship for 1947 and Mr. J. S. Thomson the junior champion ship. Mrs. A. Leys won the Associates’ championship.