NEW SUVA MUSEUM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20990, 29 September 1931, Page 10

NEW SUVA MUSEUM.

! MANY ISLAND CURIOS. ' THE OPENING CEREMONY. [rnoM orn own coiikksconhent.] SUVA, Sept. 2:i, A collection of island curios, which is the finest of the kind in the South Seas, has been settled in a new museum at Suva, which was opened to-day by the Governor. The Chief Justice—who has been u captain in the Boyal Navy—presented the museum with a photo. oT Commodore Goodenough, forwarded to him by the commodore's only surviving son, Admiral Sir W. Goodcnnugb, and also tho presentation of an original nail from the old Homily, given to Captain Anderson by Mr. Young, a descendant of Ihe original Edward Young, on Pitcaim Island 20 odd years ago. Among those present was Sir Joseph Carruthers, who was a member of the guard of honour when the late Commodore Goodcnough unveiled Captain Cook's statue in Ilyde Park, Sydney,, in 1873. Behind the Governor, as he opened tho museum, hung tho great banner of old King Cakobau with its bird of peace prominently in tho centre. Tho museum is beautifully lilted tip with modern showcases and each group of curios is well arranged. In the warden, Mr. George Barker, the institution is fortunate, as he has a thorough knowledge of Fijian customs and people.