Death Of Fiji Pioneers

Col. Williams and Mrs. J. L. Hunt

(COLONEL Prank Williams, wiio lived j in Fiji for 75 years, died in August, in Suva at the age of 81. He was with the Union Steamship Company for 41 years, from 1891. He went overseas with the Fiji Labour Corps in the First World War, after which he founded the stevedoring firm of Williams and Gosling.

He was appointed honorary colonel of the Fijian Labour Corps in the Second World War.

He is survived by his wife and a family of ten.

THE death occurred, in August, of Mrs.

J. L. Hunt, who came to Fiji with her parents in the early 90’s from Mackay, Queensland. Her father, Mr. R.

E. Donaldson, was manager of the Koro nivia sugar estate.

After their marriage in 1896, Mr. and Mrs. Hunt took over this estate and lived there until Mr. Hunt’s death in 1937, when Mrs. Hunt moved to Suva.

She is survived by a son, Mr. lan Hunt, of Labasa, and two daughters, Mrs. G.

D Hill and Miss Nancy Hunt, both of Suva.

Mr. F. D. Cody has been appointed Refuelling Officer for the Shell Company at Port Moresby.