Shots Fired at Official
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As Mr. G. R. Me Alpine, Com missioner in charge of the Western Administrative District of Fiji, stepped from his car at his home at Natabua, some miles from Lautoka, about 11 p.m. on July 12, he was shot twice with a shot gun—once in the shoulder and once in the groin. He was taken to Lautoka hospital, gravely but not critically wounded. A large number of police began an intensive search on July 13.
Motive of the crime is obscure.
The cane price dispute in the area does not involve the District Com missioner, except that he has been trying to arrange conferences be tween the parties.