It's Mail Day at Niue

h3S thelf is ea ?suVlly T0 a 9 m7n f t 0 h b"i rU " ed is ' and When the mail is in, the bicycles are out—met u " onth between boats. —and then all roads lead to the grass square in fronWf thT* N J Ue |- n rideS 3 bicyc,e The scene in the square is reminiscent nf a° *° f tbe post oflflce or lust plain volunteers, shout out names, and toss wHetter's tS"' 85 9 T pS k . of c,erks ' Then, slowly, the shouting and the activity cease lc ! ' 1 eager ' clutch,n 9 hands retire to a sunny wall, drop their bikes on the orass'anrf u* b u V one those with ,etters But 15 minutes after I had taken this nh !w u 3bsorb 3,1 the news reading to writing. The Niueans were pending fhat had chan 9 ed from on the same boat. H 9 replies that had to go a few hours later The bulk of Niue's mail goes to New Zealand w. and many live and work in the Dominion. S.l. Niueans are New Zealand citizens.