THE FIJI ISLANDS.
Mn\ IX E. Partou., who has just returned frarn a prolonged' visit to Fiji, informed S tepresenitative of the "Agp" yesterday that the adini'h.'istratdoa of the Pacific Islands " by a High Commissioner is proving anything but satisfactory. delay and ifliccuivieiMCavce - alid expanse incurred ilhirough the wltiinds- feeing contarejfjed by Dmvnjng Street is moslfc Annoying to the islanders*. For some reason »r thie people of Fiji object to any proposal for annexation, iby edtiher New &ealamd or the Commonwealth of Austraftia. They seem .to enttertaEoi, tine opinion that New Zealand is so deeply involved in debt (that aiTiinexatioM would mean financial disaster. Posisihly if some responsible persoims were deputed to visit the islands and discuss, the position!, existing prejudices miglit be removed. From an lmpea-ialli point of view, it is higM'y desirable that some form of local sjelf-govemirfeivt should be established which! wouis**btring the islands. into greater prominence.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10519, 6 January 1912, Page 4
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150THE FIJI ISLANDS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10519, 6 January 1912, Page 4
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