Islands People

Deaths of Islands People

Mr Faalavaau Galu Mr Faalavaau Galu, once secretary the Mau movement in Western noa, and then a politician for 26 irs, died on October 29, aged 73. lile he was associated with the iu he offered himself many times punishment by the New Zealand horities in place of older people 0 were to be imprisoned.

Hie went into politics in 1939, and s in the Legislative Council till 16. He then worked for the Union am Ship Co of NZ Ltd for eight irs. Resuming his political career, made steady advance, becoming nister of Post Office and Radio in )9, and holding that portfolio for years. He retired from politics in 12. In his younger days he played :ket and football, with some dis :tion.

Mr Galu left a widow, and four )pted daughters. r • i Mr A. G. T. Carver Mr Anthony George Thackeray rver, known as Tim to his many ;nds, and who spent 27 years in 1 with the CSR Co Ltd, died in iney recently. He joined the com ly in 1915, and the same year en ed in the Ist AIF, serving as a mer in Egypt and France and ris to commissioned rank.

He was transferred to Fiji in 1920, 1 served as field officer on many tors at Rarawai and Lautoka mills. played an active part in the all portant and successful transition m cane estates to production by lividual farmers, and later became d superintendent at Lautoka and rawai, before being appointed inager of Penang mill in 1941.

He moved to Sydney in 1944 as listant Fiji inspector. He became i inspector in 1947. For the last s years, before his retirement in 57, he was a senior executive icer and a member of CSR’s five in general management group at it time.

Mr Jaswant Singh Mr Jaswant Singh, president of the i Kisan Sangh (the biggest union cane-growers in Fiji) died in Aus lia on October 15, aged 56. He had ;n in Australia twice for medical atment. Mr Singh had worked for ; sangh since 1938, and became

president in 1974. He took an active interest in public affairs, and made one unsuccessful attempt to win a seat in the House of Representatives, He leaves a widow, five daughters and three sons. d v « Bro i\evm rooie Marist Brother Kevin Foote, who helped to develop and run two Catholie Mission estates in Taveuni, Fiji, died recently, aged 59. He was born in New Zealand and volunteered for mission service in Fiji in 1959. He was an expert in farming and marketing, and put these skills to good use.

Staff of the Agriculture Department often sought his advice, In 1969, he was appointed to help establish the Marist training centre in Taveuni, when the Marist Society transferred its Island brothers training centre from Hunters Hill, Sydney, to that island. In co-operation with the Fiji Government, he helped to set up a rural education for the people of Cakaudrove. At the time of his death he was co-chairman of the Taveuni Local Rural Authority. He was secre tary of the Fiji Copra Producers Association for several years and was also active in organising sport in Taveuni.