Pacific Women Meet
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Pan-Pacific Conference in NZ
DELEGATES from Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Asian and Pacific countries attended the Pan-Pacific Women’s Association conference in Christ church, NZ in January.
Among Pacific Island delegates were Mrs. Helu, Miss Puloka and Miss Finau, of Tonga; Miss Sala mauna Malietoa of Western Samoa and Miss Alice Wedega of Papua.
There were delegates also from Japan, Burma, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Indo-China and other countries fringing the Pacific Ocean. All were outstanding women
in their own countries and all wore colourful native dress during the conference.
Two of the delegates were mis sionary sisters of the Society of Mary, Mother Mary Peter and Sister Mary Felicia, whose work takes them among the lepers of the South Pacific.
Ratu Tiale Vuiyasawa has been selected to be a member of the Fiji Legislative Council in the place of Major Ratu Edward Cakobau, MC, who has resigned.
The director of Education, Fiji, Mr. Howard Hayden, and Mrs. Hay den, left the Colony for the United Kingdom on leave in January.