News From Fiji.
HELPLESS ' CONDITION OF NATIVES.
(Per s.s. Tarawera, at Auckland).
(UNITED PBKSB ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, Dec. 4. The Vanua Levu correspondent of the Fiji Times says : — " The people are dying out m these parts very rapidly. During the last year, m the one town of Wainu, between 90 and 10 souls have passed away. Of the few children the greater portion die. The people die for want of nourishment, China bananas being the only food m the district. The natives will not plant, as they cannot ensure themselves the result of their labours ; the Sala comes m and robs at will. The systems of the people have no resisting power against disease, and the mildest form of sickness carries them off. Added to this is the want of any stimulus to exertion. Hope even has abandoned them ; they simply lie down and die." i
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 8, 8 December 1884, Page 2
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145News From Fiji. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 8, 8 December 1884, Page 2
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