Flourishing New School In Western Samoa

The Very Reverend Joseph Nicolas SM, who died in Sydney, NSW, recently, served in Fiji at the Roman Catholic stations of Tunaloa, Delaicagi, Naidiri and Loreto from 1923 to 1939 when he was appointed procurator to the Marist Mission in the Pacific, and took up his residence in Sydney. He was a nephew of the late Bishop C. J. Nicolas. DD, Vicar Apostolic of Fiji.

The newly appointed Registrar General and Registrar of the Supreme Court in Fiji, Mr. H. Y. Anderson MBE, accom panied by his wife and two children arrived in Suva by air from Auckland on December 15. He previously has prac tised as a solicitor in Yorkshire and Lon don, and served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Austria during the war, attain ing the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.

Photograph of pupils and teachers of the school for children of European status at the Langstone Settlement, Western Samoa. The school has been in operation only about 15 months, but there are 100 pupils, ranging in age from 5 years to 19 years.

No permanent buildings have yet been erected, but school is held in a LMS building. The headmaster of the school, Mr. L. A. R. Collins, is shown extreme right; his assistant, Miss L.

Crichton, is on extreme left. Both teachers were born in Western Samoa.