Pioneer of Labasa District, Fiji

Death Of Mrs. R. D. Mcphee

THE death occurred at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, on January 13, of Mrs. R. D. McPhee a highly respected Fiji pioneer.

Although ill-health compelled her to live in retirement in recent years, Mrs.

McPhee was in her younger days a popu lar figure in the Labasa and Navua districts where she spent most of her life.

She was born in Labasa 70 years ago.

She is survived by her husband and seven daughters. Her only son Alec, joined the AIF early in World War II and was killed in Greece.

Mr. R. F. Bunting, of Samarai, Papua, was in Sydney on a short holiday in January.