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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1955Vol. XXVI, No.3

Flying-Fish

p. 84 · Read in the full issue

Tomato Caught 4[?] Flying-Fish

A T Manihiki atoll, in the North Cooks, where flying-fish are bigger news than atom bo the annual flying-fish net tt championships were held in September.

The ‘go” signal was given pm, and for the next hour a:i half the contestants plied racquet-shaped hand nets canoes off the reef.

Sharp on 9.30 p.m. fishing ce: and the judges took tally as canoes were beached.

Winner was Tamata, with: fish —believed to be an all-J record for the island. Runn©. was Faireka, with 256 fish.

All hands then adjourned fore feast which the catch providedb t International Civil Aviation i ganisation (ICAO) will mees Manila on October 27 to diii improved meteorological serr radio navigational aids, and . proved airports in the menr countries.