Suva Residents' Gift To

Assist Evacuees

TWO Suva residents, Mr. and Mrs. S.

H. Ellis, who have shown commend able generosity in donating funds for British aircraft and other patriotic causes since the outbreak of war, have made yet another public-spirited gesture.

They have established a trust fund of £250 (with another £250 to follow) for the purpose of assisting Fiji residents — especially married women with children — to evacuate to New Zealand. The gift will be known as the “Fiji Evacuee Trust” and three well-known Suva men, Messrs.

Frank Smith Malcolm Brodie and George Barrett have agreed to administer the fund.

A short time ago the Fiji Government recommended the evacuation of women and children from the Colony, but the authorities made it clear that Fiji’s present financial and domestic position would not permit the payment of evacuees’ passages to NZ.