Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 January 1940Vol. X, No. 6

Gift To Fiji Defence

p. 40 · Read in the full issue

Page 4040

From Our Own Correspondent

Suva, Dec. 10.

HPHE Governor has received advice A from Sir Philip Goldfinch, General Manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., that the Company had decided to contribute £2,500 towards the cost of defence in Fiji.

Later, Mr. H. King-Irving (local manager of the C.S.R. Co., Ltd.), handed His Excellency a cheque for this amount, to be used for equip ment of the Fiji Defence Force.

His Excellency suitably acknow ledged the gift, and later advised the Secretary of State of the Company’s “gratifying and generous gift of £2,500”.

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