One Naughty Nineties’ Day
pp. 87-88 · Read in the full issue
In Suva
ONE of Suva’s best “Alcoholidays” must have been the day of the visit of Premier Dick Seddon of New Zea land. It happened in the “naughty nineties”—which was before my time, but the wife of one of Suva’s leading citizens told me the story.
The fun had waxed fast and furious all day, she said, and her husband came home very late, very merry and more fit for bed than for dinner. Before she could quite get him there, around the corner, with a lot of cheering, came Dick’s carriage, being hauled by enthusiasts who had taken out the horses.
Out on to the front lawn dashed “Hubby” in his shirt tails, waving to them to come-and-have-another. “Come in, come in,” she called, “You will catch cold.”
“Ah, so I might, so I might,” he said.
“Sonny! Bring my cap!”—“Mata-kiki obo-obo.”
The Rev. Dr. G. Hemming, who was formerly on the staff of the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji, has re turned to Fiji to take up private prac tice in partnership with Dr. W. Paley.
After leaving the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Dr. Hemming went to the Solo mon Islands where he was in charge of the Hospital of the Epiphany, on the Island of Malaita.