THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.
For some time past there have -been more or less persistent rumours that the Oommoniweadlhli intended' taking over the administration of Fiji, anicl other islands in the Pacific. Tlie proposal has not taken shape, but when it does' (says the "North Queensland Register'') it should be resolutely turned down. Australians, socially, are a peaceable people,, and rarefy quarrel about status, social position, or privilege: in Fiji* there is M'?'Xt door to civil war. The papers are full of letters" denouncing, the Ibaw-liaws of tlie civilli service, while •tllve latter are replying to their accusers' ini equally vigorous language, comparing them' somewhat unfavourr ably with the Paris. Apaches and Indian Ttags.. No blood has yet been) shed l , hut with so much comibustible matter about a, spark might start a, big Maze. Anyway, we don't want that sort of thing over here, and if Fiji is tired of running her own show, fet, her join. New Zealand.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10493, 2 December 1911, Page 4
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159THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10493, 2 December 1911, Page 4
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