In Isolated Vanua Levu
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A FAREWELL dinner and dance was tendered in May to Mr. W. Cameron, an esteemed and popular member of the staff of the Mt. Kasi Goldmine, Fiji, on the eve of his departure for Australia.
Speeches were made by the general manager (Major Peterson), Mr. Cameron and the chairman (Mr. J. Price, jnr.).
The chorus of “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” was heard many times. A party of Savu Savu East folk arrived and the dance that followed was voted the best that the goldmine village has known. The pretty frocks of the girls, the general happy atmosphere and the litling rhythm of the Mt. Kasi string band, all contri buted to an enjoyable occasion.
Items were given by Miss L. Guibre teau, Mr. J. Price, and Vara Sika, a Fijian, who performed a very clever knife dance.
Pleasant social gatherings such as this would be greatly facilitated if only roads and motor cars and other amenities of life were available in this neglected dis trict. —Contributed.
Professor Kirke, of the Department of
Anthropology, Los Angeles University,
U.S.A., who has been doing research work in Torres Strait and North Australia, spent several weeks at Thursday Island in June.
Mrs. Andrew Kelly, wife of Mr. A. J.
Kelly, solicitor, of Rabaul, arrived in Sydney from New Guinea by the June Montoro.