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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1956Vol. XXVI, No.6

[?]holarships for Fiji

p. 51 · Read in the full issue

Students

INNER of the Morris Hedstrom Scholarship for 1956 is Josua Doviverata Cavelevu, who will iy for a science degree at Canter y University College, New Zea i. Cavalevu was 1955 Head Boy Victoria School, where he been since leaving Kadavu vincial School in 1948. e has distinguished himself at •t also and is Fiji’s Junior sprint

champion. He toured NZ’s South land with a Fiji athletics team in 1954.

Australian Government

Scholarships

The Australian Government has made available a second scholarship for 1956 and names of the two suc cessful candidates will be announced shortly by the Selection Board which comprises the Fiji Directors of Education and Agriculture; Mr.

J. N. Falvey; Ratu Mara; and Dr.

C. M. Gopalan.

Australia awarded these scholar ships to Fiji students under the South-East Asian Scholarship Scheme—part of Australia’s contri bution to the Colombo Plan.