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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1955Vol. XXVI, No.2

Airport Among Coconut Plantations

p. 67 · Read in the full issue

II Mr. Oliver Stevens, a plantation owner of Maewo, New Hebrides, won the major prize in the NSW State lottery on July 19, when he was on holiday at Sydney with his wife. Mr.

Stevens was born in Tonga 55 years ago and moved to Santo with his family in 1907.

fl Miss Margaret Ellen Weaver, second daughter of Mrs. L. L. and the late Mr. E. S. Weaver, of Suva, was married to Mr. John Gerrard Garnett, elder son of Mrs. A. L. and the late Mr. W. G. Garnett, of Suva, at St. John’s Church, Dee Why,

Nsw.

Europeans, Fijians and Indians watch preparations for the take-off of a Fiji Airways Drover at the picturesque airstrip at Matei, Taveuni. Plans for another landing-strip at Vuna, near the southern tip of the beautiful island, are under way.

Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office.