Concerning The Pua
p. 68 · Read in the full issue
Letter to the Editor AS I have lived in Aitutaki, I found your article on the game of Pua very interesting. I witnessed a tourna ment between Aitutaki and Atiu in 1947.
However, the statement that Pua origin ated in Aitutaki is open to doubt —I un derstand the game was brought over from Atiu. Your writer’s statement that 1,096 feet is over half a mile is open to challenge: According to my reckoning 1,096 feet equals 365 yards 1 foot which
is under a quarter of a mile—and a more reasonable distance for the Pua to travel.
I am, etc.,
Mangaia, Cl.
Jack Neale.
Mr. A. S. Taylor who has been a teacher with the NSW Department of Education recently joined the Methodist Mission for work in Fiji.
Mr. C. Rundnagel, planter of New Britain, arrived in Australia recently to spend a few months in Sydney and Tasmania.