New Home For Islanders
pp. 18-20 · Read in the full issue
THESE two photos show former residents of Niuafoou Island, Tonga (better known as Tin-Can Island), who are now settled on Eua Island. The entire population of Niuafoou was evacuated after the disastrous eruption in 1946 which devastated the island. Those Tin-Can Islanders who are now settled on Eua have built homes and are cultivating extensive gardens. But due to lack of transport, the great majority of the evacuees are still in temporary camps on Tongatapu.
Fiji’s imports from Canada and the United States between January 1 and June 30 totalled £F542,386. Exports in the same period totalled £ F 1,084,731.
One of the two Catalinas belonging to the French Pacific Trapas air service, which was seriously damaged by a cyclone earlier this year, recently sank at its moorings in a bay in Noumea harbour and has not been recovered.