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Native Bsi Representative
From Our Own Correspondent
Honiara, June 20.
WILLIE' FAIA left Honiara by Qantas plane on June 26, en route to the United Kingdom as the official representative of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Government. Paia, who is 42 years old, is a Special Grade clerk and customs officer with 25 years’
Government service, and a member of the Advisory Council.
A native of Roviana in the Western Solomons, he has earned respect and con siderable standing in the Protectorate both among his own people and from members of the European administration.
He was awarded the British Empire Medal for his services during the Japanese occupation of the Solomons.
New Suva Medical School
AS part, of Fiji’s Development Plan, the building of the new Central Medical School in Suva will be commenced before the end of the year.
The building, which will be three storeyed and of reinforced concrete, will house approximately 100 students and be capable of being extended to house 160.
It will be built at Tamavua, a few miles out of Suva, adjoining the projected Nurses Home and Training School.
The Rev. M. G. Check, of the London Missionary Society has left Niue for Suva, and is then to proceed to New Zealand by air. He is going to New Zealand for medical attention.