To Normal

With Washing-Machines

And Movies

Bounty Is. Bet urns To Normal

rpHE Pitcairn Island patient who 1 made the air-waves do double duty in July ( PIM, August, p. 24), was last reported to be making a rapid recovery.

She was Mrs. Jessie Clark, wife of Oliver Clark. Mrs. Clark suf fered a haemorrhage from a peptic ulcer on July 21, and a radio call for assistance was sent out.

Four ships, including HMS Warrior, answered the call (see page 79, this issue) and the first one to arrive carried three bottles of blood plasma. Mrs. Clark’s con dition had by then improved and the transfusion completed the job.

Modern Conveniences for

Bounty Descendants

Fletcher Christian and his little party of Bounty mutineers would not recognise Pitcairn Island if they could return to-day. The electricity plant has made many things pos sible —new tools, washing machines, refrigerators, radio and even movies.

There is also a telephone service.

The school has a movie projector and this is used to show movies to

the public; and also by SDA Pastor Hawkes to show church programmes.

New Stamps

A new set of Pitcairn Island stamps was on sale on the island on July 2. These replace the old King George VI set which has been in use since 1940. The new stamps have a portrait of Queen Elizabeth 11.

v The inter-island communications network in Tonga was further ex tended in August when a new radio station was established at Ha’afeva, in the central Ha’apai Group. The equipment was supplied by a New Zealand firm. A similar new instal lation will also be made at Lifuka.

The Ha’afeva station contacts Nukualofa four times per day initially.