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

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bst Australian writers of cs think they are doing well 'ley sell an edition of 5,000 that fact makes Nino )tta-cum-J ohn O’Grady’s ess with “They’re a Weird ” look even more like a king i miracle, its first 16 months “Weird has run into 16 editions 180,000 copies. The last on of 20,000 came out on nary 24 and was sold out in nee. The 17th edition, of 0, is scheduled for publica late March. lantime John O’Grady and charming wife, Molly, are g quietly in Sydney and aring for a trip to Europe nd April. They expect to up a Bank Line vessel in r Fiji or Samoa and be de -3d at some North Euro port in the Northern ig. They plan to then buy iple of motor scooters and down through Europe to — to get the atmosphere “Weird Mob In Reverse”, Nino taking his Australian to visit his homeland. The r-scooters seem like doing s the hard way. With s success in Australia, we ' that he could afford at a small Fiat!