Death of Miss Ruby Sturt

THE death occurred in Suva, Fiji, on August 20, of Miss Ruby Sturt; a member of one of Fiji’s oldest Euro pean families.

Miss Sturt was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Sturt who went to Fiji in 1869. They lived first at Levuka then at Suva, where Miss Sturt was born.

She was a prominent member of the committee of the Cottage Hospital, Suva, and took a personal interest in the wel fare of the inmates. She is survived by two brothers, Messrs. F. E. and A. E.

Sturt, of Suva and Sydney respectively.