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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1960Vol. XXX, No. 7

Samoan Paper

p. 127 · Read in the full issue

New Look For Samoan Paper

\'he monthly Gazette, “Savali”, Wished by the W. Samoan Gov \ment in the Samoan language, been remodelled. It is being ted by Mr. R. L. McDiarmid, who ;} recently appointed Public Re dons Officer to the Prime Min er’s Department.

"he January issue, the first to near with the “new look ”, has pages, more than 20 photo phs, feature articles from New aland and Samoa, pictures and \graphies of the Samoan Prime nister and his Cabinet, an ex nation of the structure of demo tic government, and a cartoon ip. The original purpose of this moan-language periodical has not m forgotten, and it still carries vernment notices. n he new paper is part of a scheme provide better information facil >s in Samoa, so that the Terri y can be kept abreast of develop nts, in its move towards in oendence. An informed public ■nion in Samoa is considered vital. >amoa has a privately owned ekly newspaper, the "Samoa lletin”.