New Guinea Memorial

Scholarship

Applications from candidates who wish to compete for the New Guinea Memorial Scholarship should be made on the prescribed form obtainable from The Perpetual Executors and Trus tees Association of Australia Limited, 100 Queen Street, Melbourne), and the appli cations must be forwarded through the head-teacher, to reach the above-men tioned Company not later than October 1, 1948.

As it is thought that there are no children residing in Victoria who are the sons or daughters of former residents of Papua-New Guinea (who lost their lives through enemy action) and who are old enough to compete this year, applications have been invited from the sons or daughters of British or Australian ex service men or women who are residents of Papua-New Guinea. Candidates must not be over the age of 1414 years on January 1, 1949, and must have been in continuous and regular attendance at a school in Victoria during this year.

The award of the Scholarship will be made bv the Trustees on the recom mendation of the Director of Education, who is to be guided in his recommenda tions bv the result of a competitive exam ination to be conducted by the Victorian Education Department each year. The subjects and conditions of the competi tive examination are those prescribed for Junior Scholarships under the Education Department’s Regulation XXI. Details may be obtained on application to Mrs.

Frank Mav. Collins Street, Melbourne (telephone Eltham 131).

Dr. Lindsay Verrier, who has been act ing as medical officer at Sigatoka, Fiji, has gone to Labasa to take up his sub stantive post as travelling medical officer for Vanua Levu.