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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1968Vol. 39, No. 11

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pp. 1-22 · Read in the full issue

Pacific Islands Monthly

iegistered at G.P.0., Sydney, for transmission by post as a newspaper.

November, 1968

News Magazine Of The South Pacific

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The street scene is i Noumea, French New Cah donia, where the mini-buses i blue and with roll-down blina on all windows are among th most popular means of tram port. And where the Mothe Hubbard dress, as worn by th two local ladies in the fore ground, is still popular femal attire. Noumea is the head quarters of the South Pacific Commission which held ai important Pacific-wide con ference in October. What hap pened at the conference is dis cussed in this issue. The Noumei scene was photographed b: Bruce Adams.