Chinese Students Visit Suva
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Mr. D. F. M. Rutledge, an officer in the Papuan Magisterial Service, has been un successful in his attempt to join the AIF, and is expected to return to the Terri tory shortly to resume his duties.
Mr. T. Rosser, who was attached to the Postal Department at Port Moresby, Papua, prior to his enlistment in the RAAP, is now a Sergeant-Pilot, stationed in England.
Group of Chinese Boxer Scholarship students, who recently passed through Suva (Fiji) on their way home after completing advanced studies in England.
Each year 24 scholarships are provided from Boxer Indemnity funds returned to the Chinese Government by Britain. Competitive examina-
tions are open to graduates of Chinese univer sities and successful candidates go to London for post-graduate work. Originally, the fund was set up in 1900 when, following the rising of a section of Chinese known as Boxers, British and other forces supressed the society, and large indemnities were claimed for atrocities against European missionaries and residents.