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Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 March 1943Vol. XIII, No. 8

American Influence!

p. 19 · Read in the full issue

rpHE far-reaching influence of these JL Americans! Here are two new stories from the usually prim and sober “Fiji Times”:— * * * A certain Bishop was considerably upset when he received this note from the vicar of a village in his diocese: “My Lord, I regret to inform you of the death of my wife. Can you possibly send me a sub stitute for the week-end?” * * * “Diploma! What an extraordinary name for a child,” the visitor asked the old negro.

“Yes, suh, it sure is. You see, Ah sent ma daughter to a niggers’ college for a year, and dat’s what she got!”

Total contributions to the Fiji Red Cross and War Appeal Funds, to January 19, 1943, were £21,164.