Staff Of Vatukoula Fijian School, Vatukoula, Fiji

This school, originally established by the mining companies, has now become a Government School, with a well equipped manual training department, and a staff which includes Rotuman and Samoan teachers as well as Fijian teacher-assistants. There are 600 pupils, boys and girls, from infant classes to qualifying examination standard. Technical classes (night) with part-time instructors from qualified mine staff commenced in February of this year. In centre of front row are Mr. N. E. Nilsen, general manager of the Vatukoula mines, Mr. H. C. Cullen, headmaster of the school, and Mrs. M. E. Cullen, infant mistress.