Unaisi Ratubalavu
Miss Hibiscus 1976: Josephine Sau (St. Julian) Picture: FACEBOOK/[Image courtesy of Jacqui Irving]
On September 6, 1976, The Fiji Times published a story on the annual Hibiscus Festival and how a young lady had her doubts about winning the Miss Hibiscus crown.
The article also mentioned her boyfriend, Charles St Julian, and how confident he was in her ability to scoop the main prize.
“He said I would but I thought I could not possibly win,” a happy, smiling Josephine Sau said after being crowned by Governor-General Ratu Sir George Cakobau at Albert Park.
After Ratu Sir George placed the Miss Hibiscus sash over her shoulder, Miss Sau told the crowd, “It is indeed a great thrill to wear the Hibiscus crown for 1976.”
Unaisi Ratubalavu
11 February, 2021, 9:15 pm
The lucky baby girl in her cot at the Anderson Maternity Unit
nursery at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva.
Picture: FILE
A front page story in The Fiji Times on March 9 1978 read the Government House was going to adopt an orphan.
The report stated the Governor General’s daughter, Adi Litia Kaunilotuma Cakobau, was restless after reading about orphans in this newspaper and asked her parents if she could adopt one.
It read the Government House was a hive of activity and excitement as it prepared to welcome home an adopted child.
The baby was no ordinary one as she was one of five orphans mentioned by The Fiji Times weeks before.