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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1960Vol. XXXI, No. 3

[?]he Big, Bright

p. 137 · Read in the full issue

Tolai Smile

urred on by the interest h he created with a set of z-made artificial teeth, a i native from Kokopo, New iin, is now busily engaged aking a bigger, brighter and r set. And like the first set, nil make the second from : salvaged from the remains n old Japanese machine e man (his name has not disclosed by hospital orities) was an outpatient Nonga Hospital, Rabaul, i a hospital dentist noticed ns wearing what appeared ; two gold teeth, e dentist is Mr. B. Crowley, took a quick second look discovered the teeth and base were carefully filed a single piece of brass, what you would call a pro ynal job, but neat and quite Mr. Crowley said later, otographs of the teeth were to dental authorities in ralia. parently flattered by the \tion he had created, the r of the teeth returned a days later to say that he starting on a new set. ve had the present ones for ig time and they don’t fit )ell as they once did,” he