Fiji Lost, But

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Fiji Lost, But Liked It

From Our Own Correspondent

Suva, Aug. 30.

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e Maoris went back to New md to report that they had all but killed by kindness from Fijians they encountered at oka, Vatukoula and Suva, e is no doubt that in Fijian ly circles there is a special re fer Maori teams that is ac id no others. ;tty well everything possible ened to the visitors. In western northern Viti Levu they were d by blazing sunshine and :d on fields as hard as iron, ne of them contracted the pre ig influenza.

Suva they found cooler ler, soft grounds and torrents in that all but flooded out the and final test at Buckhurst , Laucala Bay. (Suva recorded y 6 in. of rain in one day and than 8 in. in two days). And day of the third test started the sharpest earthquake Suva felt for many months, a jolt recalled the after-shocks of the hake nearly a year ago. 3 second test drew nearly 9,000 ators to Laucala Bay—a re fer any sports occasion in Fiji I despite the deluge on August , Tuesday) the crowd was not . smaller. With fixed determin to be in at the kill, Fijians, jeans, Indians and Chinese re d their shoes or sandals and red in the vast expanse of for the sole purpose of cheering finners. j Maoris won seven matches on our, lost the first test at Lau and won the other two.