Fiji Pioneers Pass On

THE Colony of .Fiji has lost some of its old pioneers in recent weeks.

Amongst them are: Mrs. F. Carr.

Mrs. F. Carr, who had come to the Colony as a girl with her parents in the 80’s, died at her home in Suva on No vember 24. She had been ill for a con siderable time.

She is survived by her husband, four daughters and a son; Mrs. F. C. T. Lord, of Sydney: Mrs. Pope, in Africa; Mrs.

A. R. Tarte, of Taveuni; Mrs. J. A. W.

Lever, of Suva; and Mr. A. Carr, of Syd ney.

Mr. G. H. Poulter.

Mr. G. H. (“Bert”) Poulter died in November, at the residence of his brother, Mr. J. Poulter, at Tailevu.

Both brothers came from New Zealand to the Colony about 30 years ago. They have been engaged in dairy-farming at Tailevu for some time.

Miss Elizabeth Wilson.

Miss Elizabeth Wilson died in Suva, on November 25. She was born in Levuka 75 years ago and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Wilson, very old settlers of Fiji prior to cession.

She is survived by two sisters and one brother: Mrs. Rea Wishart. of Suva, and Miss Jeannie Wilson, of Sydney; and Mr. John M. Wilson, of Suva.

Mrs. S. G. Coggins.

Mrs. Dinah Coggins, wife of Mr. S. G.

Coggins, of Vatukoula, Fiji, died in the Blue Mountains, NSW, on November 24.

She had been in ill-health for a num ber of years. While an inmate of a Blue Mountain sanatorium on a previ ous occasion she received word that her son, Peter Coggins, had died while a eow of the Japanese. She never fully recovered from this blow.

Mr. Robert Cocks THE death occurred suddenly in Mel bourne on December 5 of Mr.

Robert (Robin) Cocks, who was a member of a family well known in Fiji.

He was a son of Mr. James Cocks, and he was born in Levuka in 1879. James Cocks, a planter, was one of the oldest residents to the Colony, and was reputed to have been the first white person born in Fiji Robert Cocks joined the Suva agency of the Union SS Co. in 1894, and was there until he was transferred to Melbourne in 1902. He served with distinction in World War I, and was decorated. He was connected mostly with Australian shipping for the rest of his life.

Mrs. George Harness Mrs. George Harness, a member of an other well-known Fiji family, and mother of well known Captain Harness, Suva harbourmaster, died at her home in Tailevu, in November.