From Nightclubs To

Nukulaelae

Mr. Cyril Ander sen, a part-Polynesian who recently com pleted a four-years’ tour of American nightclubs, was a passenger on the Matua to Suva in May, en route to visit members of his family in Nukulaelae, Ellice Islands.

As a soloist, and also in partnership with a Hawaiian girl he met in New York, Mr. Andersen per

formed Polynesian songs and dances at nightclubs in Canada and the USA, in cluding the famous Copacabanca Club and the Hawaiian Room in New York’s Lexington Hotel.

His professional name is Tonoa, a title selected from a list of Polynesian words supplied to a Canadian theatrical agent.

It means “big bowl!”

Mr. Andersen, who says that Canadians and Americans showed great interest in Polynesian songs and culture, will return to Canada early next year.—JACK

Thornton.

If The Rev. C. W. Whonsbon Aston, representing the Anglican Diocese of Polynesia, has recently been on a lecture tour in Adelaide and the south-east of South Australia. He has spent 22 years in the South Pacific as a missionary, including four in NG and 18 in Polynesia.

If Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Rattan, school teachers from India, who joined the staff of the Deebandhoo High School, Suva, were welcomed by a large section of the Indian com munity of Suva at a gathering late in June. Mr. J, F. Grant, MBE, presided. Other speakers included Mr. S. Pratap, Mr. G. Patel (acting headmaster), and Mr. A. I. Deoki.

Plans have been approved and the

foundations of a substantial school were about to be laid on a beautiful site near Suva. Mr. and Mrs. Rat tan are graduates of Benares Uni versity.

If Mr. Tom Crowe, a former deck officer in CSR vessels, and now at tached to the staff of Suva Meteoro logical Office, returned to Fiji in May after leave in New Zealand.