An Unpopular "Fee"
pp. 71-72 · Read in the full issue
Vila Dec 16
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LTHOUGH there are no broadcasts from Vila Radio, owners of wireless sets in the New Hebrides have to pay an annual fee of 10 - Stg. for a “Radio Listener’s Licence.” Most people
consider this to be a “racket,” seeing that there are nQ 1()cal broadcasts but ot hers think it is (or was) worth 10 - Stg. per annum if only to tune in to Vila Radio and listen to Dick Eedy’s breezy an nouncements and comments when trans mitting messages per radio telephone, But Dick Eedy now is gone to another department.
Captain Mudge, accompanied by his wife and six-year-old daughter, Hilary, arrived in Brisbane recently after spend ing two years on Makatea, French Oceania. They are on three months' vacation. Captain Mudge was harbour master on the island, and he and his family were the only British people in a population of more than 5,000. Cost of living was very high on the island, said
Mrs. Mudge, but they were able to sup plement their food supplies with tomatoes and pawpaws.
Fifty-nine Fijian candidates, 50 Indians and one Chinese passed the Fiji Educa tion Department’s Qualifying Examina tion in 1947.