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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1953Vol. XXIII, No. 10

Coals To Newcastle!

p. 70 · Read in the full issue

DON BEACHCOMBER, Honolulu restaurateur, recently imported a ton of Pahua shells from Tahiti. It is understood that each shell bleached white by sea and sun, will be painted with a minia ture South Sea motif and handed to guests as a souvenior of Hawaii.

By the same vessel, a consign ment of bamboo fish-cages was de spatched. These are moored in shallow water and are used for holding in captivity, alive and fresh until required, fish caught by other means.