Six Fiji-Indians

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Six Fiji-Indians Say It Will Be "Very Useful"

NADI, Fiji.

Fiji’s sugar and airport town of di still was reeling under the ws that “LM of Nadi” had drawn ; £lOO,OOO first prize in an Aus lian lottery, on October 12, when n Usher (Fiji Times) and R. W. bson (Pacific Islands Monthly) rve up.

ADI citizens were running around in circles. A tax-gatherer, bitter and thwarted, announced that i “prize” was free of taxation, diophone demands for details by iney newspaper correspondents, *e driving the Post Office crazy, t no one could immediately citify “LM”. le was located, finally, by identify the man who, weeks ago, had chased a bank draft for £3, on dne y. Actually, “he” was a dlcate of six Indian store clerks I salesmen, t was now 6.30 p.m. Nadi’s ers had mostly gone home. But ally-call went out; and in a few cutes the whole six assembled, atly intrigued and flattered to I themselves the centre of so ih newspaper interest, hey really were a disappoint it to the pressmen. Any six young i, suddenly receiving £lOO,OOO, aid by Australian standards have i going slightly mad with excite it (Messrs. Usher and Robson in fact first looked for them he hotel bar).

Not Stirred

ut they had gone quietly home, did not seem to be in the least red. They had no plans, but aowledged that the £lOO,OOO t £16,000 for each of them) bt be useful! >me were married—two of them i had six children, le oldest of them—a thoughtful in his late thirties—thought they Ud make a large donation to •ity. idl citizens crowded around i, to admire and congratulate, they would not respond, much, think we’ll wait and see if the ey really comes to us,” said the or man; and all the others ■tily agreed. ie NZ Government’s new ,000 motor ship Moana Roa, ;h will replace the 30-year-old 1 Pomare in the New Zealand er Islands service, arrived at imgton on October 12 after her t-week maiden voyage from Etin.