Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1960Vol. XXX, No. 6

Vital Figures In

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The Suva Riots

Here are the vital statistia of the Suva disturbances: Damage to private ana £2OOOO C pTOperty > m2 >°oo tc Seriously injured: Mr. Bruce Brownlee, merchandise man ager, Bums Philp Co.; a glasi sign dislodged by a thrown stone fell on him as he watched the riots. He was flown to NZ for expert medical treatment on January 7, after three weeks in CWM Hospital.

Wounded: A Fijian was shot in a scuffle with a special con stable. His condition (January 7) was “very good”.

Casualties: About a dozen other people were hurt by stones and in the melees; none seriously.

Arrests: 145 cases were heard, to December 23; 105 were con victed (mostly fined).

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