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M. Khalid Abdullah was the son of Maulana Muhammad Abdullah and was mentioned in the Pacific Islands Monthly, Vol. XXI, No. 11, Jun. 1951, p. 39. Under the title, “Fiji-Indian Student for California”.
Per the newspaper, M. Khalid Abdullah is 18 years old in 1951 (born in 1931) and had won a Government Scholarship in 1947. He is one of the oldest of 10 siblings (all born in Fiji). Khalid’s brother is already in California and studying at San Francisco City College of Engineering in his 2nd year. In this photo, 8 kids can be seen. The newspaper alleges that M. Khalid Abdullah boarded the SS Lakemba from Suba in March of 1951, headed to Vancouver. For some reason, he didn’t have a proper educational visa and planned to enter the USA via Vancouver, which took 16 days.
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Jan
This photo was taken on Dec-13-1949. Maulana Muhammad Abdullah, his wife and his son, Khalid Abdullah are mentioned and can be seen.
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FAREWELL TO FIJI-MUSLIM SCHOOL TEACHER
THIS interesting group photograph was
taken on December 13, when Mr.
Shamser Ali, assistant teacher at
the Muslim School at Nausori, Fiji, was
the guest at a formal farewell ceremony.
Mr. Shamser Ali proceeded to Australia
in January to become a student at the
University of Melbourne.
In the front row, sitting, left to right,
are Mrs. Abdullah, Shamser Ali, Mr. F.
W. Reid (Education Officer, who pre-
sided) , Mr. F. R, Brown (assistant
manager of CSR Co., Nausori), and Mr.
A. R. Sahu (manager of the Muslim
School). Standing are Miss C. W.
Maniram, Mr. Khalid Abdullah, Mr. M.
Abdullah (headmaster) and Mr. IV,
Ishaak All (teacher).
It is not generally recognised that th
128,000 Indians in Fiji include a viril
Community of ‘25,000 Muslims. Th
Muslims, who are regarded as very loys
to the British Commonwealth, are eage
for education, but have very few school
under their own management.
Outward passengers in the Januar
Morinda from Honiara included th
Treasurer of the British Solomon Island
Proctectorate, Mr. R. F. Rankin, with Mr
Rankin and three children, and Mr. IV’
J. Bernhardt. All are going on leave.
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1951
Pacific Islands Monthly, Vol. XXI, No. 11, Jun. 1951, p. 39. Under the title, “Fiji-Indian Student for California”.
FIJI-INDIAN STUDENT FOR CALIFORNIA
SOME of the disabilities under which the good class Indians of Fiji may suffer are illustrated in the case of 18-year-old M. Khalid Abdullah, who has gone from Fiji to study medicine at the University of California.
This youth completed his secondary education at Natabua Government High
School, last year, having won a Fiji
Government scholarship in 1947.
His father is Mr. M. Abdullah, head-
naster of the Vunimono Muslim School
it Nausori. Mr. and Mrs. Abdullah
irrived in Fiji in 1931, to take charge of
;hat school, and since then they have had
fight sons and two daughters, all born in
The Indian Muslims are among
Fiji’s most desirable immigrants.
It was decided to send Khalid to join
ais brother, who is a second-year student
it the San Francisco City College of
iST f °o?
Vancouver-thronly^wayh^ould get to
San Francisco. When he reached Van-
couver, he was held there by the immi-
gration authorities, for 16 days, while
American officials dealt with and granted
his application to cross the border. The
lad had been booked into a Vancouver
hotel; but it was deemed wiser that he
should remain in the care of the Canadian
immigration department, at their
barracks. He renorts that he was treated
with kindness and consideration.
There is no United States Consulate in
Fiji, SO Khalid’s only course was to
proceed at his own risk to Vancouver,
and there apply in person at the American
Consulate for the necessary visa.
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Links and Related Essay’s
Vol. XXI, No. 11 ( Jun. 1, 1951)
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-317863055/view?partId=nla.obj-317908491#page/n39/mode/1up
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