TRADE TRAINEES FROM SAMOA

Press, Volume C, Issue 29469, 22 March 1961, Page 7

TRADE TRAINEES FROM SAMOA

City Stay Arranged By Rotary Club

Two Western Samoan trade trainees are in Christchurch to further their training in the motor industry. Their stay has been arranged by the international service committee of the Riccarton Rotary Club. , The two trainees. Mamoe Gusani and Richard Hagedorn. aged 18 and 17, will spend nine months working for two Christchurch motor firms. During this time they will receive training which it is not possible to obtain in Samoa. Richard Hagedorn went to school in Auckland for three years so is no stranger to this country. He served his apprenticeship in Samoa and is working as a motor mechanic. This is Mamoe Gusani’s first visit to New Zealand and he is working as an apprentice with another motor firm. They both arrived at the beginning of February and will leave in October. Both trainees, who are staying with a Samoan family in Christchurch, are enjoying their stay. The scheme was arranged by the chairman of the international services commitmittee (Mr A. I. R. Jamieson) and the Director of Education in Western Samoa (Mr J. Leggat). Mr Leggat was headmaster of Christchurch Boys’ High School before he took up his present post. “The scheme will help to improve the standards in the motor industry of Western Samoa,” said a director of the committee, Mr A. S. Cookson. Later it is hoped that the trainees will be able to attend technical classes. “If the scheme is a success we hope to repeat it with other trainees from different Pacific Island groups and covering different trades,” said Mr Cookson. The trainees were entertained at a Rotary luncheon on Monday. Triplets Born On Ship (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) RABAUL, March 10. A woman today gave birth to triplets aboard a small coastal vessel travelling between New Ireland and Rabaul. She is Taltabom, of Nasko Village, New Ireland. She had boarded the small cargo ship Sepik to accompany her husband to hospital at Rabaul. He had an eye injury. Two Chinese seamen. Kam Yin Lee, and John Wong, acted as midwives. The mother, father and the three babies—each averaged about 31b in weight—were taken by ambulance to Nonga Base Hospital, where all were reported as “well.” The Government of India officially recognises only 15 of the 179 languages spoken by its citizens.