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Pacific Islands Monthly, 17 April 1943Vol. XIII, No. 9

Mission Printery Lost

p. 11 · Read in the full issue

The buildings which housed the Melanesian Printing Press at Maravovo, Guadalcanal —it was the only printing press in the Solomons. According to a recent and authoritative report received by the head quarters of the Mission in Sydney, these buildings, in cluding the workshop, have been levelled to the ground.

Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Isom (he was the well-known manager of the printing office, during many years) are living in Sydney. He has a position, “for the duration,” in a

Sydney printing-office.