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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1956Vol. XXVI, No.12

The Changing Face of Apia

p. 159 · Read in the full issue

Two 16-year-olds, Patrick and hn ‘Poon, landed a 250-lb groper Kavieng, New Ireland, on June . It had been lurking in the finity of the Kavieng swimming iol for some months and had aded all efforts to land it.

t New Guinea Gold in May treated nearly 4,000 tons of ore with a re turn of 1,179 ounces of gold and 1,317 ounces of silver. During the month, more than 280,000 super feet of timber was cut in the Bulolo Valley.

With the completion of the new Bank of New Zealand building (centre), there will be line of modern concrete buildings along Beach Road, Apia, W. Samoa, including Burns Philp [?]e Post Office, the new bank, the Methodist Church and the new Wesley Book Shop. Built on [?]e old White Horse Taxi stand, by Australian Les Pearson, who also built the Methodist Church side it, the bank is expected to be completed in August. —Photo by R. F. Rankin.