NG Village Council Has to Pay £430
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Pay £430
'N the Supreme Court held at . Rabaul, New Guinea, on Nov ember 23, 1953, before Mr. astice Kelly, the New Britain Taxi nd Carrying Co. Ltd. was awarded 130 damages against the Vunamami illage Council in respect of an ac dent between trucks owned by the arties.
This is the first time that a native
Village Council has been sued.
Mr. Dudley Jones appeared for the plaintiff company, and Mr.
Harold James for the Native Coun cil. fl Mr, Mohammed Yusuff, Bsc., of Tavua, Fiji, who is studying for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in New Zealand, has been credited a pass in Medical Jurisprudence and Preventive Medicine.
Yacht Club
Function
A happy moment at a recent function at the Royal Yacht Club, Suva, Fiji, when Lady Garvey, wife of Fiji’s Gover nor, presented the season’s trophies.
Mr. C. Stinson is shown at the micro phone; Mr. Vernon Hawkesley, who has just received his trophy, is standing next to Mr. Heath - Hemphill, Vice- Commodore of the Club.