Fiji Scholarships Awarded
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THE 1951 scholarships awarded under the Colonial Development and Wel fare Scheme have been announced.
The scholarships go to Maikeli Vaka coko Tuitubou and Harold Sylvester Singh.
Maikeli Tuitubou, 20, was born at Lakeba and was the first Fijian to pass the New Zealand University Entrance Examination from Queen Victoria School.
His scholarship, which is for three years, will enable him to take an Arts course at Auckland University College.
Harold Sylvester Singh, 28, is a son of Mr. Dwarka Singh, of the staff of the Government Printing Office. He Is at present studying medicine at the Uni versity of Sydney and his Scholarship will enable him to complete his medical degree.
MISS ANNE ROBERTS, who received the highest marks gained by a candidate from Fiji in the New Zealand University Entrance Examination, 1950, has been awarded the Fiji Board of Education scholarship for 1951.
She was a pupil at the Suva Girls' Grammar School until the end of 1950 is a daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr!
R. B, Roberts, of Suva. She is at present Sydney and will probably continue her studies at an Australian University.