The Fun of the Fair
p. 85 · Read in the full issue
Fiji Goes Gay Again
THE Hibiscus Festival in Suva is getting gayer all the time. Here are some picture highlights from the 1959 festival, just concluded. At left these Chinese lasses make the picture even prettier at the Chinese Lantern Night at the Grand Pacific Hotel. And at right is Miss Hibiscus herself, Yl-year-old Suva steno grapher Robin Ann Riemen schneider, in the dress she wore for the judging. Below her, Miss Glennis Colclough adds to the attractiveness of the RNZAF float in the procession.
A large black cat with paw extended into a tank of tro pical fish was the eye catching float of the NZ Ministry of Works (above).
At left a section of the huge crowd which saw the pro cession pass through Suva's streets.
Photos: Rob Wright, J. P. Shortall, Stinsons.