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Issue Number: #1634
Date: Sunday 29th August 2021
Editor: Alan Watson QSM
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E-mail: editor@magicnewzealand.com
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Hi here is the latest news
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1. Editor's Message
2. Milbourne Christopher Awards
3. FISM Quebec 2022
4. TV Magician Tony Junior Dies From Covid
5. Magical Women With Connie Boyd
6. Gravity Location By P hill Smith - John Carey #131
7. Houdini Festival Of Magic
8. Academy Of Illusions - Jay Scott Berry
9. The Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater
10. Texas Associations Of Magicians 2021 Virtual Convention
11. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #26
12. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
13. E-zine Archives
14. Privacy Policy and Copyright Notice

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1. Editor's Message
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2. Milbourne Christopher Awards
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Message by David Haversat (USA)

2021 Award Winners:

Illusionist Award - Joe Devlin
Close-Up Award - Michael Ammar
Ambassador of Magic Award - David Sandy & Lance Rich
Literary Award - Darwin Ortiz
Masters Award - Rob & Carol Allen
Lifetime Achievement Award - Chris Capehart

If you wish to attend this very special awards presentation, please RSVP with David Haversat - Haversat@gmail.com

To send a check for tickets:

Checks made to: The Milbourne Christopher Foundation
$20.00 Per Person. Mail In Care Of - David Haversat - P.O. Box 487 - Oxford, CT 06478

To be held at 6:00 PM on October 30, 2021 at the Garde Arts Center - 325 State Street, New London, Connecticut. The evening begins with a reception featuring fine hors d'oeuvres, complimentary wine, cash bar - followed by the presentation of the 2021 Christopher Foundation Awards. Festivities continue with a performance by author, historian and noted magician Scott Alexander.

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3. FISM Quebec 2022
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World Champion of Magic (Canada)

July 25 - 30

Delta Hotel by Marriott Québec

FISM 2022 Official Hotel

We are pleased to announce that the Delta Hotel by Marriott Québec will be the official hotel for FISM 2022. A web link is available to make your reservation on our hotel web page. The Delta hotel is connected to the Convention Centre in Québec City. That is where FISM will take place. It offers a fitness center, a swimming pool and free high-speed Wi-Fi.

For more information on FISM:
https://en.fismquebec2021.com/

Take the time to visit Old Québec

Bask in the European charm of this UNESCO World Heritage treasure as you stroll and take in over 400 years of history in the birthplace of French North America.

Expect an awe inspiring journey through a collection of architectural treasures unlike anything outside Europe. Get ready to travel back in time.

Follow up on FISM continental qualifications

The FISM European Championship took place in Manresa, Spain, from June 30th until July 5th, 2021. Congratulations to the organizers and to all the magicians that qualified for FISM WCM in 2022.

Now it is time for the FISM North American Championship to take place in Québec City, from September 30th to October 3rd. We look forward to discover the next magicians who will qualify for the FISM WCM in 2022.

Renée-Claude Auclair and Pierre Hamon, the organizers, look forward to welcome you in Québec City!

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4. TV Magician Tony Junior Dies From Covid
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Article forward by James Peterson (UK)

Daily Mail

TV magician Tony Junior dies from Covid after refusing to have the vaccine because his wife was 'super apprehensive' about getting jabbed.

Tony Junior was admitted to hospital in early August after contracting Covid-19

Entertainer, who performed across North East, documented his battle with virus

In a Facebook post, he said no one on his critical care ward had received the jab

South Tyneside Council confirmed his death, paying tribute to the beloved magician

A TV magician has died from Covid after refusing to have the vaccine because his wife was 'super apprehensive' about getting jabbed.

Tony Junior, who appeared in the Channel 4 reality show Seasiders, was admitted to hospital at the start of his month after contracting the virus.

The entertainer had documented his battle with the disease on social media, saying no one on his critical care ward had received the jab.

He penned on August 15: 'I'm only writing this because anyone apprehensive about the vaccine, you need to know what could be your alternative.'

South Tyneside Council confirmed his death on Monday, paying tribute to the magician who 'brought smiles to the faces of so many children and families'.

Mr Junior wrote on Facebook: 'Everyone who is apprehensive has their story. I'm not preaching, just letting you know of my experiences.

'It's a game of Russian Roulette. You take the vaccine or take your chances with Covid.

'On the critical care ward, none of us had the jab. I hadn't had it because Mrs J was super apprehensive, so was waiting for her to be ready. She now beats herself up every night since I came in hospital despite my reassurances.

'On the Covid ward, many are senior citizens who have had two jabs and all those who have returned home since my arrival - had both jabs.'

In his final post on August 18, the children's entertainer said he was at a 'critical stage' with a 'very low level of oxygen' in his blood.

Tributes have now poured in for the beloved performer, who was described as a 'very good friend' and 'professional entertainer of the highest order'.

Mr Junior started working in the entertainment business in 1985 as a Butlin's Redcoat before featuring in Seasiders in the 90s.

Known for his eccentric style and 'Aloha' catchphrase, he went on to spend more than three decades organising hundreds of events across the North East.

James Piatt, secretary of the Newcastle Magic Circle, said: 'Tony was a professional entertainer of the highest order. He was a mentor, a wonderful magician, but above all else, he was our very good friend.

'The NMC would not be the flourishing club it is today without Tony's passion and enthusiasm.
'Tony spent many years serving on the council as our secretary in which time he helped to grow the club and all of its members.'

He added: 'Tony was always one of the biggest and brightest personalities at all of our meetings and played a vital role in all of our successes.

'From giving encouragement to our newest members to providing support to elderly members that were no longer able to attend meetings.

'From creating strong bonds with other magic clubs and communities around the world to reshaping and hosting our annual dinner, Tony was at the heart of it all.

'Tony was so loved by all that knew him as is evident by the many, many tributes that are being sent by magicians and entertainers from around the world.

'TJ will be dearly missed by us all and his memory and spirit will continue to live on through the NMC.'

And the Mayor of South Tyneside, Councillor Pat Hay, told The Shields Gazette: 'Tony was very well respected in the entertainment industry and much loved by South Tyneside audiences.
'As a firm favourite in our annual events programme, he brought smiles to the faces of so many children and families over the years.

'We are certainly going to miss his wonderful performances full of fun, games, magic and mayhem.'

Mr Junior is survived by his wife Claire and a fundraiser has been set up in his memory for Bryson Animal Shelter.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9929687/TV-magician-dies-Covid-refusing-vaccine-wife-super-apprehensive.html

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5. Magical Women With Connie Boyd
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Message by Connie Boyd (USA)

Fay Presto's glamorous skill shines brightly in this BBC-2 special broadcast in 1997 about Fay's performances and the reactions of her audiences. Fay is original and her performances and skill have delighted audiences for decades. She continues to perform, based from London to this day.

https://youtu.be/CaOgnFk80GU

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Presto
website: http://www.faypresto.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/faypresto/
documentary: https://www.fayprestodocumentary.com

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6. Gravity Location By P hill Smith - John Carey #131
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Message by John Carey (UK)
http://www.johncareymagic.co.uk/

Effect:

You go through the deck and take out and table about half of the cards (pile A), instructing the punter to shuffle the rest. They are then told to take about half of what they have in hand, and table the rest (pile B ). They are to shuffle the cards they have - you demonstrate with pile B. You then ask them to take out all the Aces, Faces and Tens from the cards in their hands and table them (pile C) - hopefully it should be about half. They are to mix up the remaining cards, then cut one to the front and remember it. This they do.

They take their cards, riffle shuffle them into pile C. They then drop this pile on top of pile B and cut it to their heart's content. They then take this whole stack and riffle shuffle it into pile A, then cut the whole stack as many times as they like.

You now go through the deck and easily find their card.

Method:

Ridiculous. There is an idea that two riffle shuffles with cuts between them and after them will destroy any setup in your deck, and I wanted to engineer a way round this limitation. Tourbillon combines a bunch of different things to accomplish this.

You take out all the one way faced cards and put them on the table in pile A - that's right, this trick in part relies on the division between symmetrical and asymmetrically faced cards - eg the Ace of Diamonds is symmetrical, since it can't be upside-down. The Ace of Hearts however is asymmetrical, since it does. Quickly go through the deck upjogging the one-way faced cards, strip them out and either place them on top for performance or, if you are removing them live, drop them on the table.

Now follow the procedure as outlined above - when you shuffle pile B you simply note the bottom card and shuffle it to the top. This card is now your prime key, please remember it.

You can now easily find their card by going through the deck, and walking back through all the breadcrumbs that the effect procedure creates. Firstly, you need to look for this prime key - you know that their card is SOMEWHERE above it, but because of the cuts and shuffles, you have no way of knowing where. So, you don't know where it is, or what it is, but you do know what it isn't: their chosen card is NOT asymmetrical, and it's not a Ten, an Ace or a Court Card. So, once you have found the prime key, you now go through the spread to the first symmetrical number card above it: this will be their chosen card.

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7. Houdini Festival Of Magic
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A New Kind of Magician's Convention

November 11-13, 2021

Historic North Theatre-Danville, VA, USA

We invite you to join us for 3 days of fun, friendship, southern hospitality and amazing magic. Bringing together Stand-up and stage magicians, sleight of hand artists, escape artists and magic collectors and historians to enjoy a new convention as a tribute to the most famous magician of all time, Harry Houdini. It will feature FISM and Magic Castle award winners on stage, close-up magic shows in the wonderfully raked and intimate seating of the balcony mini-theatre, dealers' room, auction, lectures, films and lots of surprises.

The Historic North Theatre is a charming and beautifully restored 1947 vaudeville house with 500 seats and a full balcony owned and operated by illusionist Wayne Alan. Reasonable lodging and restaurants (one is in the theatre complex) very near. Registration only $169.00. For more information respond to this email with subject line: Houdini Festival.

Call 434-793-SHOW (7469).

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8. Academy Of Illusions - Jay Scott Berry
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Message by Jay Scott Berry (Australia)

It's been a whirlwind week of planning and preparations counting down to our Grand Opening on September 1st. I would like to extend a big thank you to our ever-growing team of fans and faculty. Most of the Social Media is set, with Instagram and TikTok to supplement the Facebook Page and website. www.AcademyofIllusions.com

The biggest story of the week is our new Professor Emeritus. I met this gentleman at the 1982 FISM in Switzerland, where we were both top prizewinners. Since then, he's gone from strength to strength, as a performer, creator and mentor. Now, his name is synonomous with innovation and excellence in the Art. As most of you know, I built some of my gimmicks and effects, upon his foundation. For 40 years, I've called him a friend and colleague. Now, I am honoured to welcome him into the Academy. From Japan, the one and only, Sanada!

The real trick is pulling together all the pieces of this magical puzzle. And I reckon that a virtual academy has just got to have a virtual magic shop. With that in mind, I'll let this next cat out of the bag: It just so happens that one of our Professors has been hard at work, all year, secretly developing a brand new, state-of-the-art, online magic shop. And when I say developing, I mean he's spent countless hours coding a very extensive website, complete with over 100 Digital Downloads by some of the world's finest.

And the funny thing (pun intended) is that this man is known for his comedy antics. Who would have thought that a genius mind would be behind it all? We met some years ago in England, and, as fate would have it, we reconnected a year ago on my Webcasting Wizardry Gala. The man I'm speaking of is none other than Professor Geno DeVille, and the Academy of Illusions Shop is DeVille Magic! www.DeVilleMagic.net

September's Calendar is almost finalized. I'm happy to confirm that the Darkstone Dossiers Mini-Series will Air on the 5th, 12th and 19th at 9pm London Time, 4pm NY, 1pm LA. These will culminate in our first full Gala Show, at the same time, on the 26th. All of these, along with the Opening Celebrations on the 1st, are free of charge and muggle-friendly. They will stream live from Zoom to our FB Page, where you will find more details.
www.Facebook.com/AcademyofIllusions

The Magicians Only events will kick off with the Zoom storming Sessions on September 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th. These are hands-on, Intensive Training Classes, that I will be teaching. The fees to attend are very reasonable, with details available upon request.

Finally, I'm happy to confirm that we'll have a weekly column here on the Ezine, to keep you all up-to-speed on News from the Academy.

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9. The Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater
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Message by Danny Archer (US)

One of America's premier magic venues, the Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater, will be streaming the new Joshua Jay lecture live on 11/30/21 at 8 PM EST. They have three HD cameras, professional theater lights and microphones, so you'll be able to see as well, if not better, than the people in the live audience.

This will be the only chance to see this lecture as Josh is only doing two lectures one in Philly and one in NY (Not being streamed). Tickets are only $25 Question please contact info@smokeandmirrorstheater.com

For in theater tickets please visit -
https://smokeandmirrors.wellattended.com/events/joshua-jay-workshop

For virtual tickets please visit -
https://streamingliveshows.uscreen.io/catalog

Joshua Jay New Lecture

This November, Joshua Jay will be crisscrossing the country in a two-month book tour for the public to promote the release of his anticipated book of essays How Magicians Think. His publisher is sending him to just a dozen cities to do television, radio, shows, and signings in support of this title. Joshua has arranged for a special lecture appearance on his night off in Philadelphia at the Smoke & Mirrors Magic Theater.

This is a rare chance to see one of magic's busiest and most exciting performers. Joshua Jay is an internationally recognized talent. He is a former First Place Winner at the World Magic Seminar and was the 2020 Society of American Magicians Magician of the Year. He has won the Creativity Prize at FISM, and fooled Penn & Teller on Fool Us.

Joshua has appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show with James Corden. He has created two of the best-selling tricks in magic over the last decade: "Balance" and "Inferno," and he co-owns Vanishing Inc. Magic, one of the largest and most prolific companies in magic. Joshua Jay is also known as one of our industry's leading lecturers. He is an exceptional teacher, and in his lecture he mixes close-up and parlor, easy and difficult, card and non-card magic. In his new lecture lineup, you will see him perform the following:

The Wager: a brand new, unpublished effect using four coins and a hundred-dollar bill. Visual, smart, and extremely deceptive.

Reverse Logic: The ultimate parlor opener. A spectator shuffled deck goes back into new deck order, a watch appears back on your wrist, and you travel back in time.

Any Card at Any Page Number: One of Josh's signature effects...you've never seen this classic of magic with an ending quite like this.

The Card Dazzler: This is a color-changing deck where the cards change in the spectator's hands...and then every card in the pack turns clear.

Cornered Complete: Make a borrowed bill appear in a spectator's wallet. You read that right. A spectator's wallet.

Plus, many more routines from Josh's original repertoire and product line.

Peace,

Danny Archer
215.870.8188 Cell

www.SmokeandMirrorsTheater.com

www.mindvention.net

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10. Texas Associations Of Magicians 2021 Virtual Convention
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Message by Mark Connelly Wilson (USA)

Texas Associations Of Magicians 2021 Virtual Convention - Live streaming hosted by Magic Room Studios. September 3rd - September 6th, 2021.

Unable to make yourself "appear" in person at The Texas Association Of Magicians 2021 Convention?

Well now we have an option for our fellow magicians, friends and family to not miss everything completely…

Magic Room Studios in association with TAOM will live-stream the Texas Association Of Magicians 2021 convention via "Zoom" - including lectures and all 5 shows!

"Virtual TAOM 2021"

Ticket prices are only $100.00 USD and includes all 5 shows - or you may purchase single show tickets for $20.00 USD

Coverage begins September 3rd at 8:00 pm and ends September 6th at 12 noon.

Buy your tickets now!

Note: Event schedule is subject to change and we reserve the right to refund the ticket price - minus handling fees - if the streaming event is canceled for any reason.

The convention schedule is available at:
https://taom.org/2021/program/

More info about performers and lecturers at:
https://taom.org/2021/

Direct Link to purchase virtual tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taom-2021-live-stream-hosted-by-magic-room-studios-individual-shows-registration-165454899057
email magicroomstudiostx@gmail.com

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11. No Stone Unturned - Paul Stone - Article #24
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Message by Paul Stone (US)

Last week I talked about the many outstanding and memorable performers whom I was fortunate to have seen or worked with, and who are no longer with us.

There was one glaring omission, I mentioned Marvyn Roy, Mr Electric, but I completely forgot his off stage and on stage partner and soulmate, Carol. She was a major part of both their lightbulb and jewellery acts. Her charisma and effervescence shone through every performance.

Mention of Carol got me to thinking about other ladies in magic who have played such a crucial part in the success of the shows they were featured in.

Pam Thompson wasn't simply an assistant, she was a brilliantly talented actress, Helga Moretti was larger than life and had a terrific presence which complemented Hans so perfectly.

Another lady, and possibly one of the least lauded, but undoubtedly one of the most influential, is Lynette Chappell. Lynette enjoyed a career that was unrivalled in the world of magic.

She was of course the 'Evil Queen' in Siegfried & Roy's spectacular show at the Mirage which played to full houses for 13 years.

Lynette's career is an incredible one, she was the featured co-star with Siegfried & Roy for over 40 years in their shows at the Stardust, the Frontier and the Mirage, as well as the year long sold out tour of Japan and at Radio City Music Hall in New York.

Lynette preferred to stay mainly out of the limelight, but she was as influential and important in Siegfried and Roy's careers off stage as she was on it. She was, and remains to this day, a very classy and elegant lady.

I didn't want to end this article without giving a big shout out to Bill Smith. Bill masterminded the Magic Collectors Expo at the Orleans Casino here in Las Vegas last week. It didn't disappoint!

There were many highlights, probably the most memorable was the tour of David Copperfield's International Museum & Library of the Conjuring Arts. I'm not sure how Bill managed to persuade David to give everyone who registered at the convention this unique opportunity to gain a glimpse of his amazing museum.

I say it was a glimpse because even if you spent a whole week in the museum you would still probably only scratch the surface. It is a truly breathtaking and mind-blowing experience.

I'm sure that there will be many other more in-depth reports of this event but, suffice it to say, that thanks to David Copperfield's generosity, over 200 magicians were given the treat of a lifetime.

And to make it even more special, David was there in person to greet everyone and perform a few of the tricks that first piqued his interest in magic. It was fabulous.

Back to the Collectors Expo, all the sessions were excellent. My favourite was the Blackstone Show, featuring a panel of three of the original of Blackstone Jnr's assistants, Gay of course, Bill Smith and Allen Bracken, introduced and humorously kept in order by Stan Allen.

The Expo ended with a Dinner and Stage Show, hosted by Mr Vegas himself, Mac King, now settled and ensconced at the Excalibur Hotel & Casino. It somehow just doesn't do Mac justice to say he performed his act 'as known'. Mac does what Mac does, and he does it better than anyone else, with great skill and a warmth that very few others possess.

The show cast comprised Les Arnold, who talked his way through the Nest of Boxes without performing it!, Quick Change specialists from Switzerland Retonio & Natalie, her energy and athleticism was particularly impressive, and Luxembourg's Star magician, David Goldrake who closed the show in commanding style.

And even the Dinner was unexpectedly good too!

Well done again to Bill who worked tirelessly to make this the success it was. Next year's Magic Collectors Expo is in Austin, Texas, from April 13th-15th 2022. I'd highly recommend that you reserve your spot now! (www.magiccollectorexpo.com)

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12. The Orchante Saga - Beginnings
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Written by the late Tommy Orchard (The Amazing Orchante)

Fiji

A Brief History and Government

Those of you who have been following my chronicle from the beginning, will be aware that I spent some considerable time in Fiji during the early Sixties, initially with my late friend Alan
Horobin and later, with my own promotions, touring every bit of Fiji; picture theatres, tin sheds in tiny villages, etc. anywhere I could work my show, together with my then, Eurasian/Fijian
girlfriend.

Veronica and I last visited Fiji's shores on the 15th July 1976, when Eric Petford had asked us to join him at the 'Paradise Point Resort', Korolevu (situated on the Coral Coast, about an hour and
a half drive from Nadi, and twenty minutes from Sigatoka) where he had recently been transferred from a hotel/resort in the South Island of New Zealand, as manager of this fabulous, idyllic retreat; it was to have been our permanent base. Eric was going to pool together all the other hotels on Fiji, and those that were on the different smaller islands and atolls of the Fijian group, many of which were/are privately owned - catering for the very, very rich!

The plan was that we would have regular, non-stop employment for years to come. Unfortunately, 'A Bloody Officious Group' had other ideas! I will give you the full story, regarding 'That Line' later, but first, here is a little? 'History of Fiji and Government - as it has some bearing on 'That Line', and will give you a better understanding as to why I used it.

Fiji's discovery is usually credited to Abel Jansen Tasman, a Dutch navigator who visited the island group in 1643. Captain James Cook of England sailed through the islands in 1774, but
major credit for the discovery and charting of the island's goes to another Englishman, William Bligh, who navigated the islands after being set adrift in a small boat by the mutinous crew of his ship, the ill-fated 'Bounty'.

The first inhabitants of Fiji came from Melanesia some 3500 years ago, and established a hierarchical society based on clans. Little is known of the island's history before the arrival of
Europeans - an assortment of roving traders, missionaries and shipwrecked sailors - in the mid-17th century. Relations between the indigenous community and the new arrivals were reasonably
good, founded on mutually beneficial commercial activity, until the establishment of plantations in the 1860s, which destabilised the economy. Serious friction between the Fijian chiefs and the
Europeans ensued - the main cause centring on land ownership. On a broader front, imperial rivalry between the major European powers was reaching a climax in the Pacific. Thus, in 1874, Fiji became a British colony. Large numbers of workers from India were imported to develop a plantation economy, accounting for the islands present ethnic mix and consequently the tension between the two main communities, which has blighted Fijian politics since the country's independence in 1970.

For the next 17 years after independence, the moderate conservative Alliance Party governed without interruption. Foreign policy was (and it still is) broadly pro-Western and geared towards the development of regional alliances, such as the South Pacific Forum. As a member of the forum, Fiji, along with its smaller neighbours, vigorously campaigned against French nuclear testing. It is also a member of the Commonwealth, from which it was suspended temporarily in 1987 and again in 2000.

The 1987 suspension followed the general election that same year, which removed the Alliance Party from office. The poll brought to power a coalition between the main ethnic Indian party, the National Federation Party, led by Marendra Chaudhry and the newly-formed Labour Party, which drew support from the growing multi-racial trade union movement. The new government had a majority of Indian ministers, which proved too much for the many nationalist native Fijians (referred to as Taukei). This was the trigger for an army coup d' etat, headed by Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka, with the declared intention of ensuing the preservation of Taukei rights!

Continues ….
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