Pacific

Islands Monthly

May, 1961

Vol. Xxxi. No. 10.

r\e News lagazine Of The South Pacific

Established 1930

istered at G.P.0., Sydney, for ismission by post as a newspaper.

THE COVER: His hair powdered, his arms gleaming with coco nut oil, a muscular Fijian warrior is about to throw his spear.

But don't worry. He is demonstrating a spear dance for the benefit of tourists, and while he and his fellow dancers may seemingly work themselves into a state when their spears will surely come whistling into the crowd, the spears won't really.

Rob Wright took the photograph.