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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1948Vol. XIX, No. 4

Movie-Making On Makogai

pp. 33-34 · Read in the full issue

The Rev. N. H. Wright with Mrs.

Wrlght and their two sons have returned to their Methodist Mission work in Fiji,

They have been for some months in Aus tralia. Their return to Fiji was delayed considerably by transport difficulties.

The Civil Aviation Dept, in New Cale donia recently suffered a loss in the death of M. Baudrouet, who was in com mand at Tontouta airport. He was a former fighter pilot, and before coming to the Colony he had been second in command of the big air base at Marig nane, near Marseilles. He had the re sponsibility of organising Tontouta air port after it was taken over from the Americans.

When a Cinesound cameraman recently visited Fiji for newsreel material, he took some shots at the Leprosy Hospital, Makogai. His interested spectators here include the Rev. Mother Agnes (second from left) who has given such devoted service to Makogai patients over the years. —Photo by "Fiji Public Relations Office.

The Rev. A. C. Cato, of the Australian Methodist Church, recently spent three months in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa making a survey in education and anthropology.