Today in History
January 29 events
Sir, 1978
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January 29, 1983 Van crashes kill three
Two young men returning from a wedding celebration died when their van crashed into a bridge railing at Barara on the Lautoka-Nadi Highway. In another accident, a Nausori man died when a van smashed head-on with another vehicle at Vulovi, 20 kilometers from Labasa, on Saturday.
January 29, 1981 Ship available for charter
The Lawedua Shipping Company has made the M V Lawedua available for charter. According to the director of the Company, Balpat Rathod, it recently purchased the M V Lawedua from Dateline Shipping Company and has not filed any route with the Marine Department. The M V Lawedua was the only vessel of the Lawedua Shipping Company, was not prepared to establish routes for the ship.
January 29, 1973 Norther forestry block officially opened
A new forestry administrative block to cater for the Northern Division opened at Korotari Village, about 10 miles from Labasa town. The block was officially opened by the conservator of forests, Harold Williams. A Government spokesman for the north said the station was built by staff of the Forestry Department Labasa at a cost of $3000.
January 29, 1980 Embassy donates midwifery course books
The newly established Fiji Midwifery Course received about 40 reference books from the American Embassy. The books were presented to the Controller of Nursing Services, Kuini Naqasima, by the American Charge de Affairs to Fiji, Robert Flanegan. Most of the books contain good reference on clinical nutrition, maternal child health care, nursing care of children and a medical dictionary.
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January 29, 1977 THE current fare on Fiji Air’s Nausori-Nadi service is $33 and not $22 as reported in yesterday’s Fiji Times story about a rise in the airline’s fares. A Fiji Times reader said he particularly enjoyed recent articles about Noumea, New Caledonia, because he visited the place as a Fiji team official for the South Pacific Games. There was just one comment, he would like to add about the honesty of people there, he said. “We never had to lock our cars- nobody ever stole anything out of them or tried to drive them away,” he said. Yet he noticed only a few policemen patrolling the streets.
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