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Pacific Islands Monthly, 22 August 1931Vol. 2 No. 1

Radio Popular In Cook

p. 12 · Read in the full issue

Islands

An example of how popular radio is becoming in the Pacific is provided by the fact that in the Cook Islands, where the white population is comparatively small, there were 15 radio receiving licenses issued last year. For the pre vious 12 months, only five licenses were issued.

Fourteen more foreign ships Papua in 1929-30 than in 1928-29. Sta tistics show that the number of vessels; that entered and cleared at the ports of the Territory were 180 (157 British, and 23 foreign). The shipping in 1928- 29 was 171 (162 British and 9 foreign).