The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1956Vol. XXVII, No. 1

Approximate Airways Fares

pp. 15-159 · Read in the full issue

Fares quoted are First Class on** tr at t° per cent ' lower Is available - —-

(Continued on Page 157)

From Sydney (Aust.

currency) TO— Single Return Table Moresby .

Lae . . .

Rabaul . .

Noumea .

Honiara Norfolk is.

Lord Howe Nadi . . . £ s. d. • • 46 11 o • . 55 7 0 . . 64 19 0 . . 48 15 0 ■ . 80 7 0 • • 27 10 0 • • 12 15 0 • . 76 0 0 £ s. 83 16 99 13 116 19 85 15 144 13 49 10 25 10 136 16 d. No. 0 2 0 2 0 2, 3 0 9, 10 0 2. 5 0 8 0 7 0 1

• A ,n 8-ft seal was speared in the shallow lagoon water off Arorangi, Rarotonga, in June. It was the first recorded seal seen in Rarotonga.

However, seals are by no means unknown in the tropics, and are common in the Galapagos Islands cn the equator, where the cold Humboldt Current circulates.

Nadi . .

Norfolk Is. . . 39 7 . . 19 15 0 70 17 0 35 11 0 o 15 11 Papeete - • 97 0 0 174 12 0 15, 16

From

SUVA (Fiji currency) TO Aitutaki . ■ - 48 17 0 87 19 0 16 Apia . .

Nukualofa • . 25 0 . . 17 1 0 45 0 0 30 14 0 o 16 17 Papeete • • 71 12 0 128 18 0 16

From Sydney (Aust.

Currency)

1 o H Single Return Table Suva . , . 81 3 0 141 19 0 1. 18 Auckland . . . 52 10 0 94 10 0 12 Christchurch . 52 10 0 94 10 0 13 Honolulu . . . 252 5 0 454 1 0 1 S. Francisco . 312 10 0 562 10 0 1 Vancouver . 312 10 0 562 10 0 1 Nukualofa . 92 9 0 165 19 0 1, 17 Apia . . . . 97 7 0 175 3 0 1, 16 Aitutaki . . . 119 8 0 214 19 0 1, 1(7 Papeete . . . 139 2 0 250 8 0 1, 16 Biak ... . 90 0 0 162 0 0 4

From Auckland

• (NZ currency) TO— Apia ... . 53 0 0 95 8 0 15, 16 Aitutaki . . . 77 14 0 139 18 0 15. 16