Old Suva Landmarks Go

[IGH authority has altered the face of the famous Triangle, in the centre of Suva. For ng years, there was a sort of dais ere, and there a bearded Indian dice official, or a big fuzzy-headed jian in the attractive police jacket id sulu, directed the little city’s hicular traffic. But now, follow er modern practice, the approach g traffic is automatically divided r a series of cement contraptions.

Having thus removed the pic resque police, High Authority now removing, from the Triangle ,rden alongside, the four pic resque palm trees which have [ured in thousands of photographs.

A says the palms are now too 1, and in danger of being blown r er. But they survived last muary’s hurricane, which un ofed several of the buildings ound the Triangle.

This photograph, taken in October, shows (centre and right foreground) the cement constructions which have re placed the traffic “cops”; and, behind, the

four palm trees in the garden. This is the intersection of Ren wick Road (right), Thomson Street (left) and (foreground) Victoria Parade.