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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1960Vol. XXX, No. 6

"Strike Planned to Cut Air Traffic"

p. 137 · Read in the full issue

Cut Air Traffic"

The 'primary aim of the petrol strike was to cut in ternational air traffic through Wadi, a Suva correspondent re ported in December. He said that it had failed, because the government had taken fuel supplies to Nadi from the nearby Vuda Point installations under police escort.

He added, “When James Anthony was being interviewed ty overseas correspondents on this point he became very ex ited and denounced the Gov ernment’s action in escorting the fuel. It was a matter of jreat importance to him.”