Death Of Mr. R. B. Howard,
p. 10 · Read in the full issue
Of Suva
IN the November, 1943, issue of the “PIM” we printed the story of Mr.
Richard Baron Howard, one of the oldest Europeans living in Fiji. In mid- January it was reported from Suva that he had died at the age of 96.
He was born in Melbourne, but spent
most of his life in Queensland, where he was for a time Chief Protector of Aborigines. At the age of 70—five years after he had retired from public life— he went to Fiji, took up a small plan tation and proceeded to live almost another lifetime there. To the last, his mind remained keen, and he took a great interest in politics, both local and inter national. The photo, taken in 1940, shows him with his 10-years-old grand son, David Howard Bryce.