Home by Midnight

The Cinderella

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Home by Midnight Or Back to the Stick

SUVA is undergoing a mors

spring-cleaning.

Whether due to econ o m i reasons, or just a growing laxity 1 moral sense, there is undoubtedly feeling that of late Suva city nee< some attention. And this has all been the opinion of the Fijia chiefs.

Police on night patrol now stc all Fijian women—unless marri( and accompanied by their husbam —seen in the streets after midnigh They take their names, and wai them that if they are seen out agai after midnight they will be sei back to their villages!

This is not being done under ar general ordinance but under tl native ordinances. Many nath girls come to Suva and give the occupation as domestic servants, bi of some of them it could be sal that they toil not, neither do the spin. They are generally know around the town as “six-fo-six girls They roam the streets or frequeu kava saloons from 6 pm to 6 am.

The Courts, police and Nath Office are also co-operating to des with Fijians who come before tl: Courts—young men generally—o various charges. The Magistrate cannot order them back to the: villages, but they recommend the on the expiration of their sentence they be sent back; and the necessan action is then taken by the Distrio Commissioner’s office.