Scott Home Bought
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The Old Order
Changing In Fiji
Scott Home Bought By Indian Investor
r[E old home of the Scott family, well-known “Holkham”, in Bau Street, Suva, was sold recently to Mr. Hemraj, a prominent Indian (Gujerat) investor, for a price reported to be close to £lB,OOO.
The property consists of a very large bungalow, surrounded by lawns and gardens, and about 20 acres of grounds, in the older part of Suva’s residential district.
It was occupied for very many years by the late Sir Henry Scott and his family; and Sir Henry died there last year.
It is not known how Mr. Hemraj proposes to treat the property; but it is presumed that he will at least partially subdivide it—being so near the centre of the city, it clearly has much value as a site for residences. It was reported in April that he had already sold three acres to the adjoining Marist Brothers establishment.
Little by little, a large proportion of the alienated land in the town areas of Fiji—especially Suva—is passing into Indian ownership.
The Indians are showing con siderable enterprise in constructing new buildings of flats, and in reconditioning old residences for use as flats. This has been a contribution to the solution of the housing problem. The latter is still acute—but not as acute as it was.