Pacific

Islands Monthly

May, 1962

Vol. Xxxii. No. 10.

\e New/s □gazine The South Pacific

Stablished 1930

tered at G.P.0., Sydney, for mission by post as a newspaper.

THE COVER: As an Islands scene it's most un-lslandish we know —not a palm tree or lagoon in sight. But to many Nauruans this stark picture of phosphate being removed from pockets in the island's coral pinnacles is just another of those homely scenes that have been around as long as they have. But phosphate mining has brought problems for the Nauruans never theless —see pages 17 and 47 for the details.