From The Hindu Archives, February 24, 1926: Emigrants from Fiji

A representative of “The Hindu” interviewed the emigrants last night and was able to gather the following particulars concerning the present condition of the Indian labourers in Fiji, the wages obtaining there and the facilities afforded to them for settlement and comfortable living. Their general appearance, to begin with, betokened extreme poverty, great suffering and hardship.

Enquired about the general conditions in Fiji they all represented, without one single exception, that Fiji was no doubt a good and comparatively healthy place to settle down but they would never advise their brethren in India to leave their homes.