“Ladies-and-Gents”
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City
only are Suva’s streets un ambered ( PIM , September, 56, and May, 1957), it appears has another and worse blot civic conscience: No public iences. matter has recently caused i to the Fiji Travel Trade tion, which wants “suitable »” provided. ie past the hotels have pro be necessary; although it is neans unusual for offices and :o be asked by embarrassed rs for this kind of aid. ips the Suva city fathers ake a lead from the Sydney mncil (which jumps at every to send a delegation overseas a something about civic ad ation elsewhere) and send three councillors to Honiara, find out how that town European population of about i manage to provide such an il public service. The first avatory went into service in i last September.
t The first time-expired Kukukuku native returned to his village early in May after serving his contract at Koitaki Plantation, near Port Moresby. Although he had little money, he took with him new clothes and new axes. (Kukukukus are not given to doing anything as civilised as making a contract to work). t The oldest church in Papua- New Guinea, the Ela Beach Protestant Church, which was estab lished in the 1880’s by the London Mission Society, has been taken over by the United Church Board which will now provide the Ministers for the Church.