Fund (Old. Div.)
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Ng Memorial Scholarship
CHILDREN now living in Queensland who sit for the first New Guinea Memorial Scholarship (Queensland Division) this year are: Irene Margaret Atherton, Rosemary Margaret Bird, An thea June Collett, and Fraser Hill Stevens.
Apart from these four, the children known to be living in Queensland and eligible are:— Eileen Theresa Gordon, Kevin James Parer (in 1951); Robert Courtice Bird, Albert Conrad Robinson (in 1952); Ken neth Rouel Huntley, Mary Patricia Parer (in 1953); John Vernon Atherton (1954); Helen Parer (1955).
Recent donations to the Queensland Division of the Fund have been:— »reviously acknowledge (to September 30. 1950) £336 5 0 Tumble sale by New Guinea Club, Brisbane 10 2 8 Mrs. Berry—donation 10 0 Collection made by Mrs. McCosker while travelling in New Guinea . . 2 3 0 Collection at New Guinea Club, Brisbane 7 6 Total to November 30 £349 8 2 Mr. H. M. Watson has arrived in Fiji to take up his appointment as Principal Auditor.
Anglican Bishops, the Rt. Revs. J. D, Hand and P. N. W. Strong (New Guinea) were present at the reception given the Archbishop of Canterbury” (Dr. Fisher) in St. John’s Cathedral, Brisbane, on Nov ember 8.
The Fiji European cost-of-living index which is “unofficial” (it was started by the late Mr. C. H. Came and is now done by the officers of the Labour Department, working on Mr. Game’s records) shows that there was no change in the second quarter of 1950. The index number re mains at 185—the base year, of course, being 100.
Mr. and Mrs. J. McAllister and family recently terminated their term of service as Education Officer and Infant Mistress, Niue, and left by the Maui Pomare to take an appointment in NZ. The Mc- Allisters were popular with the Niueans and received a large number of farewell presents in the shape of baskets, hats and other island products.