Practical - But
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Not Beautiful
Americans Harry Lyon and Jim War ner, the two surviving crew members of “Smithy’s” famous first flight across the Pacific (see July PIMi, found their old landing ground, Albert Park, look ing a bit worse for wear when they paid a visit to Suva on August 2.
A huge temporary enclosure had been put around the greater part of the park, taking away a lot of the natural beauty.
It was bad luck that the ugly struc ture had to be erected just at that time. But it was one of those things it is difficult to know what to do about.
The fence sprouts on the park every year for the Fiji inter-district soccer tournament, which this year was held in conjunction with the 21st birthday of the Fiji Indian Football Association —a notable event in Fiji sports history.