How a Pioneer Family is Integrated With Colony of [?]

One of the best known of the many pioneer families of Fiji is that of the late Mr. and Mrs. F. M.

Waddingham, who es tablished themselves as cane-farmers at Nadi, in western Viti Levu, many years ago. Mr.

Waddingham died in 1939 and Mrs. Wad dingham in 1955. Re cently, the 10 Wadding ham sons and daughters met at a family party, and this unique photo graph was taken. It shows; , Back row, left to right; John, who is a member of the Panair staff at Nadi; Paddy, who is a member of the staff of the Treasury, in Suva; Albert, who is manager of the Burns Philp branch at Lautoka;

Richard, who is with the District Administration at Nadi; Frank, who is a cane-farmer on the old estate at Nadi; and Bill, who is steward and clerk at the Lautoka Hospital.

is the widow of the late Mr. W. Mach who was a CSR Field Officer; and Doreen, is the wife of Mr. Rice, of the Shell Co. at Lautoka.

Front row, left to right; Nora, who is Mrs.

Hunt—her husband is CSR Field Officer at Ra; Florence, who is married to Mr. Guy Parr, coconut planter, of Savu Savu; Myrtle, who