Fijian Actors

Praised

COMMENTING on the news that another Hollywood company had been looking for “local ent and South Pacific scenery”, ; Red Cross News and Views autoka, Fiji), added tartly: eople in Fiji hope that the new n venture may do more justice Fiji than His Majesty O’Keefe. . Fond hopes do not always lare with Hollywood ideas of »ney-making products.” subsequently, it was reported that our shots (tentatively titled arl of the Pacific) had been ned at Vomo, a little island west Lautoka, and that the RKO scial effects chief (Mr. Lee Zavitz) s enthusiastic.

Europeans taking part included n Pickering (doubling for Lance Her), Mrs. Nora McGowan mbling for Virginia Mayo), orge Welsh (doubling for Dennis Tgan), and Paddy Mullely, who yed Bully Hayes.

Ir. Zavitz warmly praised these yers, but he became almost ical over the Vomo and Vuda ians (nearly 100 in all) who took •t.

I’ve never experienced anything 5 it,” he said “You don’t have tell them anything twice, and y are natural actors. Why, deal with Hollywood extras you have explain over and over again at they have to do. Here you it once, and you get results in : shot.”

t Lae clubs and societies raised more than £1,600 in March for NSW flood relief. This represents more than £1 a head of the local Euro pean population.

fl Lieut.-Commander G. R. Woods, VRD, has relinquished command of the Fiji Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and has been replaced temporarily by Lieut.-Commander S. R. Brown.

[?] “Malaita”

Left: Mrs. R. J. lake, centre, was sen off by Miss K. aworth, left, and [?]iss J. Bruce, when [?]e left Sydney in [?]e “Malaita” to join [?]r husband at a [?]esbyterian Mission ation at Santo.

Right: Mrs. D. M. ray of the BSIP [?]ministration staff, iniara. farewelled her mother, Mrs.

E. Brown, right,

[?]d Miss O. Rieve, when she returned [?]m vacation in Sydney. Miss Rieve was leave from Honiara.