Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1949Vol. XX, No. 3

Air And Sea Service For

p. 46 · Read in the full issue

Page 4646

Tokelau Islands

ARRANGEMENTS are to be made for a regular three-monthly air service to the Tokelau Islands (a very small group about 4 degrees due north of Apia, W. Samoa), by Catalina flying-boats of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. In addition, in view of the difficulty ex perienced in chartering ships to make trading and official visits to the group, inquiries are being made by the NZ Government with a view to the purchase of a suitable vessel.

The population is now increasing steadily, and because of the traditional mode of living together on the leeward side of one islet and leaving the re maining areas for plantation purposes, one island, Fakaofo, is becoming seriously overcrowded and at some time in the near future it may become necessary to settle some of the population on other suitable islets.

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