Noumea Escaped Wo[?]
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Of Hurricane
THERE was much water in sky but none in Noun supply-pipes for several hot sticky days after a moderate hi cane on March 2-4 had dam the system.
Peak velocity of the storm 80 an hour, but no great pro] damage was reported in the Nov area.
The Noumea mo to r-c ru; Philante 11, owned by M. Mart was at Gaitcha Bay, on the coast of Lifou, in the Loyai when the storm struck. Shei thrown on a reef and seemed II to become a total loss. The \) had been making subsidised voy to the Loyalties from Non carrying up to 60 passengers on trip.
Considerable damage was dor NC’s east coast coffee plantatf which promised a good harves- Tf Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, whoc become the first Speaker of; Legislative Council of Fiji year, will go to London this nr to attend a course in Parliamen procedure organised by the 0 monwealth Parliamentary Ass« tion. On his return journey, a August, he will visit the Ist: Fiji Infantry Regiment in Mat