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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 March 1959Vol. XXIX, No. 8

Native View

p. 73 · Read in the full issue

On Native

Natives from all parts of *-NG met in Port Moresby in 'ebruary to discuss problems of he P-NG Native Co-operative lovement. Among the topics on he agenda was a suggestion hat the word “native” be re loved from all legislation deal i,g with co-operatives.

The decision of the meeting: 'here was nothing wrong with he world “native” unless it was sed deliberately in a derogatory znse. But no solution to that roblem could be found by Itering the term, so it could lay as it was.