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Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 October 1946Vol. XVII, No. 3

Suva Pro-Cathedral

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THE 60th anniversary of its dedication was celebrated in September by Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Suva.

The present Bishop in Polynesia is Rt.

Rev. L. S. Kempthorne, who was con secrated in 1923. The first Church of England priest in Fiji was the Rev. Wil liam Floyd, who settled in Levuka in 1870.

He was an Irishman who was ordained by Bishop Perry (first Bishop of Melbourne) about 80 years ago.

Mr. Charles Arthur Banks, well-known in pre-war New Guinea, has been ap pointed Lieutenant Governor of the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

Mr. Banks, who had been Managing- Director of Placer Development Limited and of that Company’s associated com panies from their inception, was during the war representative in England of the Canadian Department of Munitions and Supply.