FIJIAN NEWS.
' ■'_'";_.';:./. (Per s.s. Peiiguini); ■ ■ ;\ v ! tWTED PRESS ASSOCIATION^ 1 ! '' . 1 " : , ' ' ; Auckland, ;i J?ebr'uary> 4. : 'A 'formal communication 1 has; b'e6n, yreceiyeid from the Premiei' bf iNew^Zea:' 1 ' lan J ' ac|kkowledg)'ng the ' ' receipt of ; a petitibii 1 designating Siiw Zealand 1 as i a bolony to which, the colonists of"i Fiji desire to' be attached'; 'and' Ksking for assistance m the endeavbrfl* 4o:< bring about such a union. Major A'fekinsdn promises to lay the petition 1 'bettfre hjs colleagues, and further states he will 1 communicate with tKe repre&erifciSvis oftiie colony concerning thtfstrtigeotf. ! r A The labor schooner Winifred has ar-i-i'ved r at : SuVa. > Sb& brifigs 1 Mr- 'doll and the' boatswain of the vessel Wiml- - t w*Fd:-Ho-i. 'Who.-rWere .takeij from that vessel. One is sufficing from a bulljet - wonndjand'one.froiii^-spear thrust. The Suva Times says that James Gregg, so well known m the colony as an energetic and popular ' manager for Messrs James McE.wen and Co., has, been appointed by that firm as its representative m Australia and New Zea- | land.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 57, 6 February 1884, Page 2
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171FIJIAN NEWS. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 57, 6 February 1884, Page 2
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