New Technical Centre For Levuka

Mr. G. A. Furby, who went to Fiji from New Zealand about five years ago to join the “Fiji Times and Herald” and later edited the “Weekly Guardian” and its successor the “Oceania Daily News,” has joined the editorial staff of the “Sun,”

Newcastle, NSW.

Mrs. S. C. Clark, of Wau, New Guinea, was in Sydney recently to attend the wedding of her daughter, Miss Shirley Fay Crouch, to Mr. R. W. Mackenas of Pymble, NSW, on April 2.

The Trapas service between Noumea, the New Hebrides and Tahiti, interrupted i n January when the service plane was sent to Sydney for overhaul, was resumed towards the end of March, A , ... , .

Two recent additions to the medical pro fession in Tahiti are Doctor Andre Tourneux of Paris, who has resumed prac tice in conjunction with Dr. Andrea de Balman; and Doctor Begon, who arrived recently from France.

Photograph taken of the official guests at the opening, on March 1, of the Technical and Community Centre at Levuka, Fiji. The Centre will provide lecture rooms for students in technical subjects as well as club rooms for local organisations. Shown here are (left to right): Mr. B. A. Derrick (Supervisor of Technical Services); G. Thomson (Headmaster, Levuka Public School); C. Legge (District Officer, Levuka); Mrs. Hayden; M. McGrath (Education Officer, Southern); Mrs. Thomson; H. Pidgeon; Mrs. Legge; H. Hayden (Director of Education); Ratu Edward Cakobau. —Photo by Stinson Studios.