Late Mrs. John Forster

MRS. J. Forster, last surviving member of an old Fiji family (Beddoes), died at the War Memorial Hospi tal in Suva, on August 7.

Mrs. Forster—then Miss Eleanor Storey Beddoes—married the late John Forster, for many years Agent-General for Immigration in Fiji, in 1871. and in the course of time seven children were born to them; Robert, Nadarivatu; Marion, now in the Education Department; Dorothy, until recently Sister-in-Charge, Waiyevo Hospital; Margaret Vera (Mrs.

H. J. S. Allen, of Suva); Winifred, of the Treasury Department; Lt.-Coloneh Frank C. Forster, of the FDF; Martha (Mrs.

H. F. Rodgers, of Suva).

Mrs. Forster took a keen interest in all women’s activities and was also interested in age prevented it, she was a regular attendant at Albert Park cricket matches during the season.