Missing Copies Of The

"P.I.M."

WE are receiving an increasing num ber of complaints from our subscrib ers that they do not regularly re ceive copies of the “Pacific Islands Monthly”, for which they have paid. The fault is not ours. Our wrappers are carefully checked before leaving our of fice, and the wrapped papers are checked again before despatch to the General Post Office. Yet, copies of the magazine disappear somewhere before they reach the persons to whom they are addressed.

This is a trouble that is experienced by many publishers of popular journals —whenever the opportunity occurs, un authorised people who may have access to them before they are finally delivered have no hesitation in stealing them. The postal service guard against this as far as possible; but the fault often lies with the subscribers themselves, who leave their mail lying about and do not im mediately take possession of it.

We should be grateful if subscribers who do not regularly receive their copies would immediately advise us of same, so that we may report the loss to the post office. If this is done regularly we have some chance of tracking down the thieves.

Miss Denise Judd, school-girl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Judd, of Upper Watut, New Guinea, returned to Aus tralia by the “Macdhui” early in March.