Lautoka (Fiji) Notes

Interest in being shown, particularly by the Indian community, in the forthcoming Town Council elections. It is understood that over a dozen Indians will contest the four seats. The European nominees are not yet known, but it is expected that the present Chairman of the Town Board, Mr. E. F. Corbet, will be Lautoka’s first elected mayor.

Preliminary borings for the new Lautoka wharf have gone down about 60 feet with out reaching solid. But it is known that the adjacent wharf (belonging to the CSR Co.) is sitting on 70 feet piles. The Northwestern people are looking forward to the completion of this new wharf, which will make ?. considerable difference in the tonnage handled in Lautoka, and contribute to the expansion of the town ship.

One or two interested citizens are try ing to compile a list of Indian blood donors. The response has been small, only about a dozen responding; and these volunteers have already been called upon at least twice each. There has been for some time a European blood donor group on call, and members have always re sponded, in many cases to give blood to Fijian and Indian emergency cases. The plan of getting Indian donors on a voluntary basis is not proving easy to explain; but a systematic campaign by several of their leaders, it is hoped, will educate the Indians to the idea.