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[?]Assadors

Fiji

[?]w of “Suva"

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? SS Suva, well known in the 'acific tramping trade, and also i, places as far apart as Ade- SA, and Kobe, Japan, has a of Fijians and Fiji-lndians. ? lads are good ambassadors ieir country and to give them necessary esprit de corps, a all and Social Club was formed months ago. We are indebted ■ird Engineer Myles W. Morris 'lis information: s Club was formed as a means iting the crew in sporting and activities. Since its forma it has rapidly progressed and has a very strong Rugby team. This team, under the ncy of the ship’s Third Officer, )lley, has played three first matches to date, being victori ) of them. first match was against the rsity of Sasebo, in Sasebo, , and the Suva team won 6 to nil. The Japanese were by ans easy opponents, for what acked in size, they made up peed and agility. ’ months elapsed before the Fifteen again took the field, me facing defeat. The match ayed in Adelaide, South Aus our opponents being West is Club. The Fijians put up a ight; however, lack of train teamwork gave us too big a i to carry. The final score points to 10 against us was effort. again took the field on June Melbourne, against St. Kilda. ing a hard training pro :e after our Adelaide defeat; r e chalked up a 13 points to ory against the St. Kilda until the formation of the at least 60 per cent, of the boys had not played this af football. A thing very ■ble with these boys is the )lay shown. After tackling an nt they always stop to help i his feet, then with a pat on ck they are off again, a endeavour to keep everyone Club active, a Soccer team en formed and it has had latches to date. The first was played in Victoria, BC, a team from a British er, MV Wheatley. team were victorous with a 5 points to 1. Another Soccer was played while the ship Adelaide—our opponents be e British freighter Rabone. sam proved too good for the )y beating us 5 points to nil. ending players in the Suva

team were: Nemaia Yara, Israel Sevrada, Josef a Sokia, Kelem Roqica, Saula Qivi, Paul Barry Mum Prasad, Gaya Prasad, Ram Gir, and Samisoni Batiyaka.

Preparations are now under wav to field a cricket team for our coming visit to Rabaul, New Guinea The Club has been very active socially as we have a top-line Hawaiian Band and Vocal Groun We have played at many Clubs throughout New Guinea, principally Lae, Madang and Rabaul. Our last engagement was at the Norwood Football League Social in Adelaide A crowd of 400 people were pre sent at this evening, and it was very pleasing to hear from the many people, both at this gathering and throughout our ports of call, what

fine boys from Fiji are and how we l they conduct themselves. This ha*; oupS- pr „ oved ,, b y the numerous re quests for the boys’ presence a social outings and in the homes o+ people in our ports of call. lln1 In h . ls .capacity as Chief Judicial g?“ lon ° f the Western Pacific High Commissioner, Mr. Justice Hammett, Acting Chief Justice of recentl y went to Tonga to near a case of manslaughter involving a part-European. in Tonga the Tongan Court hears all cases against Tongans, but charges against Europeans or part- Europeans are heard in the Hiah Commission Court.