for Fiji's

94,000 Voters for Fiji's Legco Poll

More than 94,000 voters have

;istered for the Legislative

iuncil elections in Fiji next irch, and candidates for the elective seats are getting busy h their campaigning.

HIS will be the first time that Fijians (men and women) will 2 for Legislative Council members, viously, all Fijian members were ninated by the Council of Chiefs, will also be the first time that opean and Indian women will he total of voters comprises more i 51,000 Fijians, nearly 38,000 ians and nearly 5,000 Europeans, i registration of voters closed at night on September 30. he number of voters registered is :ially considered “very satisfac ” when it is considered that isands of Indians could not ster because they are illiterate, hundreds of Europeans will have Fiji before the elections or have lived in Fiji long enough to lify as voters. mong the candidates who have so announced their intention of con ng the elections is one woman.

Salanieta Tuilomaloma, para int chief of Labasa. She will con the Northern Fijian Constituency di Salanieta, who is 61, is a great ddaughter of Ratu Ritova, who one of the high chiefs of Fiji signed the Deed of Cession. She 'ell known in the Labasa com ity and is a member of a number haritable organisations, lirty-four other people have been honed as possible candidates. Of \ 25 are regarded as almost tin to stand, » far the Southern Indian Con vey has attracted the biggest , with five who have announced intention of offering for election, two other possibilities, le five who have said they will i are Messrs A. I. N. Deoki, ’. Bidesi, Brij Nand Maharaj, A. ahu Khan and K. B. Singh, vo other names which have been tioned are Mr. B. D. Lakshman, has acquired a property near 3U, and a Suva solicitor, Mr. R. legan.

People in the Islands have been taking a keen interest in art lately, as the above pictures show. The top picture shows some of the paintings displayed by Ola Reeves at a recent art exhibition by artists in Vila, New Hebrides. Reece Discombe took the photo.

Below are three well-known P-NG artists judging in Port Moresby the entries for the Cariappa Art Shield. The artists {from left to right ) are Ray Basinauro, Gregory Katahanas and Mrs. Pamela Prescott.

The Cariappa Art Shield, presented in 1955 for annual com petition by a former Indian High Commissioner in Australia, General Kondendera Cariappa, was won this year by the Karavat Administration Secondary School.

Some 800 entries were submitted, and of these about 500 were accepted for the competition which is open to all Administra tion schools, up to and including secondary level.

The age of the exhibitors ranged from about four to 19 years.

The judges described the standard of entries as "very, very high ” and said they showed a marked advance over previous years.

This year, paintings and drawings from Mission schools were accepted for the first time for the award of merit certificates.