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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1953Vol. XXIII, No. 9

Fijian Scholar For

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Auckland

HE Morris Hedstrom Univer sity Scholarship for 1953 has been awarded to Ratu Nacan i Uluiviti, son of Ratu Taniela iiiviti, formerly Roko Tui Loma fci. latu Nacanieli was educated at een Victoria School, Fiji, and inganui Technical College, New aland. After returning from Wan lui he was employed in the Sec ariat in Suva and, later, in the blic Relations Office. He is to :e an Arts course at Auckland iversity College.

Mr. Shankar Pratap, a Suva merchant, arrived in Sydney early i* l April on a business visit. He is seeking to interest Australian capital m managanese ore—he says that Fiji has two very good manganese mines, from which a large su PP ] y of ore could be obtained.

The Rev. A. G. Gardiner was in ducted in Auckland during March as minister of St. Andrews Presby terian Church, Suva. Mr. Gardiner has been clerk of the Presbytery of Waikato, NZ, for three years. He served in both World Wars and was ordained in 1931.