17 MARCH 1906, Page 16

A FIJIAN DESCRIPTION. OF THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

[To THE EDITOR OP TUB "SPEOTATOR.1 Stn,—After my return to Fiji I saw in your paper a transla- tion of the account of the King's Coronation, written by a soldier of the Fijian Contingent for Na Meta, the native paper. The same man is again in England, and I forward herewith a translation of a letter that he has written to Na Mata describing the recent opening of Parliament by the King. I am the officer who was in command of the contingent.—I am,