Annual Meeting Of Fiji
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Society
MEMBERS who attended the annual general meeting of the Fiji Society in Suva in November, decided to re organise the Anthropology and Ethnology section.
Dr. I. Verrier' is this year’s chairman of the section. The active interest of everyone with information relating to the life and customs of the Fijian people will be enlisted.
A new section of the Society was estab lished under the chairmanship of Mr.
P. A. Snow, for the study of the history and literature of Fiji, to compile a biblio graphy of published works on Fijian culture, history and ethnology, and to in vestigate historical records and documents.
It is also intended to prepare a topo graphical index of the Colony. Much in formation is already available, but the Society hopes that Colony residents will make available, for study and record, any information they possess.
The new Council of the Society elected for the ensuing year were: president, Hon. Harold Gatty; members, Messrs. J.
M. Hedstrom, J. F. A. Taylor, B. E. V.
Parham, H. M. McMillan (hon. secretary), P. A. Snow, J. Falvey, W. J. Blackie, Dr.
A. S. Frater and Bro. Peter (hon. treasurer).
Neary 200 delegates attended the Seventh Day Adventist quadrennial con ference in NSW between November 19 and 25. They came from Australian States, New Zealand, Solomons, Tonga, New Hebrides, Fiji, Papua-New Guinea, one delegate was Kata Ragoso from BSI who, during the Pacific war, organised rescue parties which saved the lives of many Allied servicemen.