Increased Allocations
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For Fijian Schools
Suva, Nov. 29.
THE battle for the two great Fijian schools—Queen Victoria and Ratu Kadavulevu—ended with complete victory when the Revised Estimates for 1949 came out with big additional allo cations to the two establishments.
Instead of an estimate of £2,389 for the maintenance of the farm, hostel and school at Queen Victoria School, the com mittee recommended £3,389.
Instead of an estimate of £5,550 for the maintenance of the school and hostel at Ratu Kadavulevu School—an increase of £1,600 over the approved estimate for 1948 —the committee recommended
£Lo,Ooo.
Legislative , Council members—notably Mr, H. M. Scott and the Fijians—went to town on the subject during the Budget debate. The “Fiji Times”, having exposed these scandals, stuck to the trail until something was done.
Twenty-one Fijians, writing jointly to the paper, said that the Legislative Council was like Blucher at Waterloo—it was delayed on the way to the battle but arrived in time to confirm the victory.
Correction: In describing a photograph entitled “In Tonga, 30 Years Ago”, in December “PIM”, we stated that all those shown, with the exception of Queen Salote, were now dead. This is not cor rect. Mrs. McOwan, widow of Mr. Islay McOwan (second from right) is alive and well and living in Sydney. We regret the error.