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There is no doubt but that some of the enthusiastic servants of the public dream up odd words at times in order to em phasise, or stimulate, integration in P-NG.

HJT a brickbat to the cove who * thought up “expatriate” to desig te a non-native member of the Ter ory’s population; and a bouquet to . Brian Darcey, of the Rabaul iwn Advisory Council, for his in tinal fortitude in condemning its He is reported to have moved in iuncil that “the offensive word be )pped from official usage” saying it “to expatriate” meant “to tiish”. And he seems to have some ng there if one only stops to re mber one’s school days Latin: ex it of”, patria “native land”.

And yet . . . when one considers it the main idea of coining phrases P-NG is to avoid discrimination, y make the non-native people burnt offering for the Afro-Asian egates to UN? nds Across b Sea Fhat used to be a popular phrase loting international friendships, day it has become a bit out-moded I “Voices over the Air” is a more ilicable term.

Fhis in particular applies to John Troster (T.T., August) of Cali nia, who is a ham radio fan of mean dimension, and his letters me make me realise what wonder media these hams are in extend

ing international understanding which, of course, is the solid founda tion for friendship.

In a letter he mentions Danny Weil of the cruising yach Yasme 111 who, he says, “is now in the Manihikis” on his world cruise. Apparently John had not received his October issue of PIM when he wrote, for in that issue (Cruising Yachts, p. 120) Yasme rated a mention.

John writes: “He [Weil] is being supported by amateurs (hams) all over the world who have subscribed to the Yasme Foundation and who at their own discretion enclose a dollar when they send in their call-card after talking to him.” John was re cently talking to Tonga and “the operator there said one of his friends was the local correspondent for

Pim”.

Incidentally John remarked that as a result of a TT par. in June he had received a very interesting and in formative letter from Bruno Kroen ing, of Emirau, and hoped to hear from him again.

The mention of Bruno Kroening reminds me that I was speaking to him the other day on the phone.

He and his wife had come down from Squally, travelling in Malaita.

He was in Sydney on his way to Perth and the Games, travelling the hard way—by road.

[?]UT OF THE PAST: Can anyone identify any of these old New Guinea-ites? The [?]hotograph was taken outside the Government offices at Bwagaoia, Misima, about 1920. It was sent to "PIM" by a reader.