Gifts From The Lady Garvey Fund
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These photographs were received re cently from Malaya by Mrs. S. D.
Canard, secretary of the Lady Garvey Gift Parcels Fund, which sends gift parcels to the Fijian soldiers in Malaya.
The top photograph shows the Commanding Officer of the Fiji Infantry Regiment, Lieutenant-Colonel Penaia K.
Ganilau, seated at his desk at HQ, Batu Pahat, Johore, Malaya, and be hind him is a magnificent piece of "Masi", or tapa cloth. It was speci ally made for the Queen's visit to Fiji in 1953, and was used to decorate the walls of the marquee at the special dinner which was given by Sir Ronald and Lady Garvey. Lady Garvey made a gift of this tapa to the Malaya troops.
The lower photograph shows the table set for dinner in the Officers' Mess, at Batu Pahat. This silver and glassware was paid for by the Lady Garvey Gift Parcels Fund, and it was specially crested with the Fiji Defence Forces insignia and is now in use in Malaya. Ratu Penaia has thanked warmly the donors of the gifts.