Pitcairners Seek The

Pleasures Of Civilisation

LURED by city bright-lights, a party of eight Pitcairn Islanders arrived in Auckland, NZ, in April, intend ing to stay for an indefinite period.

They say they want to work at dif ferent occupations to those they have been following, and also to sample some of the pleasures of civilisation.

Mr. Cairn Christian, a member of the party, who is making his second visit to the Dominion, said that the £25 passage money represented several years of work to the Pitcairner. No money could be earned on the island itself, but must be obtained bv selling fruit, curios, etc., to nassing ships. During the war this had been doubly difficult as the island had been visited by very few ships.