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Handsome Fiji Ship
Sour Taxpayer
Havi ng moto red fro m Singapore to Suva, nearly 6,000 miles, in 31 days, the Fiji Govern ment's new yact "Ra Marama" (above) berthed on June 2, under the critical gaze of some
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She is 87 feet long, weighs 92 tons, and was built in Singapore at a cost of £66,000 (see Shipping Section, this issue).
According to "Fiji Times", the reaction of a section of onlookers was sour. One man, who said he was a taxpayer, lifted up his voice in a request to be informed why the Fiji Government coul d not use the resources of the shipbuilding industry of Fiji to produce a small for the work of carrying high officials around the archipelago.
No one argued with him.
The "Ra Ma ram a", described as a handsome vessel, very well equipped, made several calls on her way out-at North Borneo, Timor, Darwin, Port Moresby, Honiara and Vila.