Labasa Children Consume
p. 70 · Read in the full issue
2,400 Buns, 800 Bottles Pop
OVER 1,000 school children from all parts of the Labasa district attended the Victory Day celebrations in All Saints school grounds, Labasa, Fiji, on June 8.
The District Commissioner, Mr. J. E.
Windrum, read the Governor’s speech, which was translated into Hindustani and Fijian by the Rev. D. P. Misra and Mr. Varea. After a short ceremony of prayer and thanksgiving conducted by the Rev. G. H. Strickland, the children were served refreshments by the ladies’ committee and managed to consume 2,400 buns and 800 bottles of ginger-beer.
In the afternoon they took part in a sports programme.