Two Weeks Royal
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Miss Hibiscus
Two Weeks Royal Treatment
MISS Liebling Hoeflich, Fiji’s Misiaj Hibiscus 1956, flew into Sydneys about 7.30 a.m. on February 12, ready for the greatest thrill o;o her life. .
Her prize for winning the contest (PIM, Jan., p. 19), was one week”} holiday in Sydney, with a free trip each way on a Pan-American Airways Clipper.
Somebody must have been worka ing hard behind the scenes since: she became Miss Hibiscus for neer holiday has been extended to tww V Long before she arrived, the Sydfcr ney Junior Chamber of Commerce who looked after her in Australisii had been arranging an itinerary tot her with all the meticulous planu ning that goes into a Royal tour. .• She was met at Mascot airpoio by half-a-dozen members of thL Sydney Jaycees, press reporters anu photographers, and televisioo cameras. Her arrival was given r spread on page 2 of one of afternoon papers.
The Jaycees had arranged sever.!; television appearances. On Fe»e ruary 13, she was scheduled to spen . a day in David Jones, one of Syo ney’s biggest emporiums. Two later a harbour cruise was on tIJ programme, followed next day oyy visit to a surf carnival at Bilgop' Beach and later to a club at Pali Beach.
On February 21, she was io go c Wagga, in the Riverina district New South Wales, as guest of t.J Wagga Jaycees and was to stir there until she returned to SydmJ on February 25. , . ..
On February 26, she is schedulfu to fly back to Suva, via Nadib end back to work at the switch board in Morris Hedstroms Ltd.