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Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 June 1947Vol. XVII, No. 11

Archaeologist In Fiji

pp. 19-20 · Read in the full issue

AN American scientist, Professor E. W.

Gifford is reported to have found a deep and ancient site of considerable archaeological interest on the north coast if Viti Levu. Fiji.

It is expected that the excavation of this site will keep his expedition busy until his departure from Fiji in September,

Mr. Allan Brown formerly of Lae (NG), arrived in Sydney by Qantas Airways on May 31.

France has sent out a dozen technicians to join the staff of the Director of Civil Aviation (M. R. Migeon) in New Cale donia. They include two radio men M.

Vita! Poulain and M. Jean Lezoraine; four radio operators, M. Claude Marcel Mille, M. Yves Le Gall, M. Claude Louis Benoit and M. Louis Auguste Garbe; two radio electricians, M. Marc Coguet and M.

Roger Laroudie; radio technicians M.

Joseph Marie Lapous and M. Henri Ker ouredan; also a Deisel mechanic. Their salaries are paid by the Metropolitan Government.