Pacific

Islands

Monthly

Febjwxry, 1952

Vol. XXII. No. 7.

Established 1930.

transmission hy post as a newspaper ]

THE huge crowd, predominantly Fijian, which completely filled Victoria Parade, Suva on January 8, when the 1st Battalion of the Fiji Infantry Regiment left Suva for Malaya. The crowd followed the Battalion to the wharf where one of the most emotional farewells ever witnessed in Fiji, took place. About two weeks after this photograph was taken the buildings shown here were damaged by Suva’s worst hurricane. Central Building (top right) was one of the many that lost its roof.

Photo by Stinson Studios.