Letters

Pim's Cover Picture

—I consider that what you se to call a “charming” picture s aul Brown in the BSIP pub i on the February cover, is in mely bad taste and calls for g protest . . . which the little first mentioned is doing her best lake. One would have thought the very expression on the child’s would have been enough to cause editor to consign the picture to v.p.b. The undersigned is a sub er of 30 years’ standing. I wel ; your publication in my home, not narrow minded. But I think your approving of this cover re for publication shows very itandard judgment. Yours, etc.,

(Rev.) Maurice Nixon,

i, Papua. r,— Being a subscriber to your azine for quite a few years now, as very taken with the cover ire of your February issue—“ The n of Modesty in the South Seas”, certainly a charming picture of two little Solomon Island girls. I : it is not asking too much but □uld be delighted if you could me a print of the two lassies framing. I will be in my eightieth next month and have had many lays in the Islands—Fiji, Samoa, ti and New Caledonia.—Yours,

G. Harold Mason,

on Bros. Ltd., kland.

Our Catholic Bias

r,—Enclosed please find cheque my next year’s subscription to r . If you want subscriptions to r you had better NOT send lolic digests. I, for one, am not -ested. Yours, etc.,

E. M. Beddows.

man, aey. i We hadn’t noticed it ourselves, it happens, there are no Catholics “PlM’s” Sydney editorial staff, there are writers with noses for s, who have noticed that Catholic dons frequently produce news thy items. Note “The World vs in Pidgin”, p. 116 this issue.

Ydneysider's" Un-American

Activities

ir,—This Sydneysider must be ;e a Sourpuss on her walkabouts . p. 71 of November, 1961, issue

is actually insulting to our west coast and beaches. To us who were born here they’re beautiful. The ocean changes colour quite frequently— from many shades of blue, to green and sometimes grey. I’ve even seen it red (The Red Tide). But there is nothing we can do about the fog or the smog and those who don’t like it can go back where ever they came from . . .

In the December issue, p. 61, old Sourpuss is insulting to the American Women. In the first place, we are not used to the heat and humidity of the Islands and therefore we dress comfortably in loose-fitting muu muus. Also, they don’t show too much how fat or thin one may be . . .

Whoever wrote the article in the December issue, p. 53 [it was old Sourpuss again], was downright IN SULTING. The Los Angeles Ghost Town spoken of is a show place and one where working people or anyone else can go and let their hair down so to speak, but the way this article reads it gives the impression that all Americans are stupid and moronic.

Whoever wrote the article is the moron. We like, and know how, to have fun. Yours, etc.,

Gertrude Baker.

Palos Verdes Estates, California.

O After these broadsides Old Sour puss Sydneysider mounted her broom stick and was last seen heading away over the western horizon.

Newspaper Ownership

Sir, —I wish to correct an em barrassing error in your February issue. In “Commentary” you mention that Samoana, the Samoan newspaper, was owned entirely by the Nelson family. This is quite untrue, and following upon PIM’s commentary in January on the political situation in Apia, it implies political affiliations that do not exist.

Samoa Newspapers Ltd. was founded by myself in 1960 and I control 50 per cent, of the shares.

The only connection with the Nelson family is that one member owns 25 per cent, of the shares. The paper has no political affiliations and is strictly impartial in its commentaries on political affairs. It definitely takes no sides in any political feuds. You can understand therefore that I am anxious to remove any misappre hension that may have arisen because of your article.—Yours, etc.,

R. F. Rankin.

Managing Director, Samoa Newspapers. Ltd., Apia.