Jungle-Fighters
pp. 35-36 · Read in the full issue
‘Bull’ Halsey On Fiji’S
Admiral w. halsey, under whom the Fijian Ist and 3rd Battalion served during the Solomons campaign in 1942-44, met some of the Fiji veterans during his brief call at Nadi airport, on his way home, in May, from Australia to USA. He said: “I thought the Japanese were good jungle fighters.
But, after one of the Fijian battalions had spent nearly two months behind their lines, we found out that the enemy was an amateur compared with the Fijian. ... I will always have a deep ad miration, the highest regard and a great love for the Fijians. I first visited here in 1942 and my last visit was in 1944. Fiji was my last stop before I left the South Pacific.”
(I Messrs. Jack Thomas and Dick Bell have been spending a happy leave in Brisbane. Mr. Bell now has returned to Goroka (New Guinea Central Highlands > and Mr. Thomas will go back to his Agriculture post in Lae in August.
Two valuable pedigree Hereford
bulls have been shipped from Aus tralia to the CSR Co.’s big pro perty at Yaqara, near Tavua, in Fiji. This is part of a strong move ment, throughout the Pacific, to establish cattle herds in suitable country—mostly by crossing first class Australian and New Zealand stock with tropical strains.