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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1957Vol. XXVII, No. 6

°l w - , w - Lewis-Jones, Director

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1957 Morris Hedstrom

Scholarship

THE 1957 Morris Hedstrom Limited Scholarship has been awarded to Meli Vakare wakobau.

Meli Vakarewakobau, who is a pure blooded Fijian, was born at Naduruloulou, N a i t a s i r i, in

March, 1936, and was educated at tne Ratu Kadavulevu School and Queen Victoria School, Fiji, and at Wanganui Technical College, NZ He intends to study Medicine at Otago University College, NZ.

The s , elec tion Committee consisted °l w - , w - Lewis-Jones, Director oi Education, Mr. Robert Munro and Mr. J. M. Hedstrom. t The High Commissioner of Western Samoa. Mr. G. R. Powles in early January left the Territory on official business in Wellington, New Zealand. He is expected to return to Samoa by air on February