Fijian Policeman To Get Sandals For Bare Feet
Visitors to Fiji usually take more than one look at the Fijian policeman. Their bushy hair serves as natural head-covering, they wear a white kilt or suit, and their feet are bare. But in Suva, the capital of the colony, the police have been provided'with sandals. Like the rest of their countrymen they prefer to go barefooted, but they have had their feet blistered while parading' on the scorching-hot bitumen streets. Their feet are tough, but not suited to ci,ty pavements, and Suva is now quite a big, modem city. We have not been informed, however, if the Suva “bobbies” need footwear of the boat-like dimensions that—as legend has it—our policemen at home are Supposed to walk in with such measured tread.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 35, 20 December 1948, Page 5
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130Fijian Policeman To Get Sandals For Bare Feet Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 35, 20 December 1948, Page 5
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