Death Of Mr. Duncan
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Hedstrom
Suva, Oct. 6.
Mr. Alexander Duncan Hed
STROM, eldest son of Sir Maynard and the late Lady Hedstrom, died at the Waiyevo Cottage Hospital, Taveuni, on September 25, after a short illness.
Mr. Hedstrom, who was born in 1896, was educated at the Levuka Public School and Wesley College, Melbourne. After World War I service, he returned to Fiji and bought the Vatulaga copra plant ation, Taveuni, which he operated until his last illness. He is survived by his wife (formerly Miss Rose Crompton) and three daughters.
The candidates at the Ecole Coloniale at Paris, where French colonial admin istrators are trained, have demonstrated against a decision of the French Minister for Overseas France, which allots only 35 jobs for 650 applicants. They argue that the decision means the virtual extinction of this famous school for administrators, and that this would leave the field free for direct ministerial appointments, and lead to favouritism.