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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1956Vol. XXVI, No.6

Fly Bring Big Money

p. 125 · Read in the full issue

[?]Ocodile Skins From The

iOCODILE skins from the Fly River area of Papua are be coming big business to the iters who take care to cure the is properly. ecently 3,000 skins—worth up to ;ach —reached Brisbane for ship it to the UK and the Continent, bey are made into shoes, bags other luxury items.

t Educational broadcasts for Cook Islands schools were resumed by the Rarotonga station in November and now take place each Thursday at 2.30 p.m., Rarotonga time, on 5050 kc/s. When the station first came on the air two years ago some

educational broadcasts were made but later discontinued due to opera tional difficulties. The station’s activities have since been confined to a weekly evening broadcast for the general public, and occasional special broadcasts.