Fiji's Help To Britain
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CONTRIBUTIONS to patriotic funds by the people of Fiji during the war totalled £293,000, or nearly 23/- for each man, woman and child in the Colony.
Three bombers, eleven fighters and two ambulances were bought for Allied use, and a fund of over £45,000 was established for the care of the Colonv’s Servicemen and their dependents after the war.
Over £lOO,OOO went to patriotic funds overseas.
Since the war ended, nearly £21,000 has
been subscribed to Lady Grantham’s Fiji Gifts to Britain Appeal. .While out fishing in a small motor boat off Port-Despointes, Noumea, Mon sieurs Laborde and Cottin noticed that their companion Rene Pages was missing.
They searched the water around for a iong time before returning to port, but without finding any trace. It is pre sumed that the missing man, who was only 23 years old, and who was subject to epilepsy, had fallen overboard in a fit.