Tourists For Fiji

Agent Appointed in Sydney To Develop Traffic

A POPULAR appointment, announced in Sydney in April, was that of Mr.

F. W. Hennings, a former well-known resident of Suva, to act as official repre sentative in Australia for the Fiji Pub

licity Board.

Mr. Hennings is a member of a family long resident in Fiji. He was born m Levuka, Fiji, and was educated at King’s College, Auckland. In New Zealand, he joined the Union Co., and from 1908 until 1913 was engaged in shipping activities.

As assistant purser, and purser in the Islands services, he gained a useful knowledge of the Pacific. He eventually returned to Fiji as manager of the Fiji Times, but resigned after a year to enter the Fiji Government service.

For six years he was attached to the Department of Agriculture, and spent a good ideal of his time among the natives.

Mr. Hennings later returned to commer cial life, and was for 11 years with Walter Horne & Co. Ltd., merchants, of Suva. In 1931 he came to Australia and entered into business on his own account.

“More than 9,000 people have visited Fiji of late as a result of cruises and the reasonable fares offered,” says Mr.

Hennings, “and it now is realised that

these islands are not merely a stopping place on the trans-Pacific route, but that they have something unique to offer the traveller. Fiji will become increasingly popular as time passes.”

Mr. Hennings’s Sydney office is at 12 Castlereagh-street.