Death of Mrs. Coster
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y|RS. Gwendoline Coster, who for some J. years was Librarian for the Carnegie Library, Suva, died in elbourne on November 30. She left iva in 1949.
She was a daughter of the late Captain ster Land, who was lost in the Koro Sea any years ago. Her family came to Fiji om Canada in 1902.
Mrs. Coster married the late Mr. T. . Coster in 1921 and they had a family four—Mrs. Olga Teubert, of Melbourne, r. Peter Coster, of Melbourne, Mrs. anette Dawe, of Union Co., at Lautoka, id an unmarried daughter, Phoebe, now . Melbourne.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Slaven of Niue Is. left by the December Maui Pomare for leave in New Zealand. Mr. Slaven is Treasurer at Niue. Mr. Don Reid, well known in Rarotonga where he was Secre tary for some years, is relieving Treasurer during Mr. Slaven’s absence.
Mr. Hugh Hickling has been appointed Education Officer, Niue Island, and arrived to take up his post on the December Maui Pomare. He has had wide and varied experience in educational posts in Poly nesia and Fiji. His last position was that of specialist in Maori in the Cook Group.