Sudden Death Of Fiji

Bandmaster

Prom Our Own Correspondent.

Suva, May 2.

faIHE death occurred at Lautoka on Ap- X ril 25, following an operation, of Mr.

Henry Alfred Collier, Bandmaster to the Fiji Defence Force, in his 46th year.

He went to Lautoka for the Easter rifle meeting and while there took ill and was admitted to the hospital, where he pass ed away.

Mr. Collier had had long service with the army, serving through the Great War, and coming to Fiji in January, 1936.

Since his arrival here he had done splen did work with the Defence Force native band. He left a widow and two daugh ters in England.

His death was a great shock to a wide circle of friends, for he was a most popu lar man, not only with all ranks of the Defence Force but with the community generally. The funeral, which took place in Suva on April 26th and was largely at tended, was fully military in character.

Amalgamated Wireless (A/sia.) Ltd., in April, shipped new radio equipment to the United Kingdom for the Colonial Sugar Refining Co’s, vessel, “Tambua”, being built at Dundee for the Fiji sugar trade The apparatus included a standard 500 watts transmitter and receiver, together with, an auto alarm, and an echometer (an instrument by means of which the depth of water under the ship’s keel may be determined continuously).