Governor of Fiji at Vatukoula
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Vatukoula
r:E Governor of Fiji, Sir Ronald Garvey, with Lady Garvey, visited the Vatukoula goldfields-area of Fiji at the end of May. At Tavua Village there was a Fijian welcome ceremony and meke, at which a tabua was presented to His Excellency.
After the Fijian ceremony, Mrs.
J. Turner of the Tavua Hotel, handed a cheque for £3O to Lady Garvey. This amount had been donated to the “Gift Parcels Fund for Malaya” by the people of Tavua.
On the night of May 30, the vice regal party attended a Coronation Ball at Vatukoula.
If Dr. W. H. Macdonald, Senior Medical Officer, BSI, has been appointed Medical Superintendent at Makogai leprosy hospital. Dr.
F. R. T. Hollins, at present Medical Superintendent, Tamavua Sana torium, Fiji, succeeds Dr. Macdonald in the Solomons.