No Pay, No Comforts
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From Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Dec. 3.
MANY of the 1,000 recruits now in camp at Luvuluvu, near Nausori have not received a penny in pay since they enlisted more than a month ago.
An angry reaction in some Euro pean quarters has followed this dis closure; and more than sour is the comment on the fact that the Fijians’ response to the call for
recruits is being used as recruiting propaganda in New Zealand.
The call for recruits was made on October 23. By December 1 no effective move had been made to provide worth-while recreation, or recreation facilities, at Luvuluvu Camp, and no transport is provided for leave-men to get to and from Suva.
Each of the Fijian provinces is sending generous gifts of food to Luvuluvu, but nobody else sends anything. This, it should be noted, makes despicable contrast to the Fijian sacrifice involved in the War Memorial Appeal, and such fund raising activities as those for Princess Elizabeth’s wedding gift. (The gift, ostensibly from Fiji, was virtually a gift from the Fijian people).