Cinema-Dancehall Opened
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With Religious Service
V AVAILS new cinema and dance hall, the Lei Fahina ’o Pilolevu, was opened on April 11 with a religious service conducted by the Rev. K. D. Grove, Chairman of the Vavau Wesleyan Church.
The building is owned by a local merchant, Mr. Paul Schaunkel.
Mr. Grove expressed the hope that only “clean” films would be screened and that the drinking of kava papalangi (alcoholic liquor) would never take place at any dance held at the new hall.
The Royal Family was repre sented at the opening by the
young princes, Taufa’ahau and ’Qluvalu, attended by Queen Salote’s Aide, the Hon. Vaea. t Because triplets are a rarity among Fijians and the appearance of a set invariably creates interest throughout the Colony, Savusavu’s trio continue to be the subject of official bulletins. By May 25 cash gifts totalled £9O, including the Governor’s Bounty. A savings bank trust account totalled £5O, and an all-Fijian collection was being made to add to it. The triplets stow away six tins of baby food (a somewhat expensive item in Fiji) every week, and Mr. R. B.
Carpenter, chairman of directors of W. R. Carpenter, Ltd., has donated five cases of the food.