Letter from the Publisher

Publisher

Next year, Pacific Islands Monthly will be in its 40th year.

As life-span of magazines go these days, that’s getting on a bit.

At the same time, the South Pacific Territories which we have served for two generations are changing rapidly and we need more information on our growing readership.

In this issue therefore we are conducting a reader-survey. Op posite page 44 you will find a simple form, which we ask you to answer and return to us.

It’s quite painless. It should also be interesting, as we are offering prizes of $2O each for the first three letters opened in our office on February 3, 1969. All envelopes will be kept unopened in the office until that date. We have given you until February 3 to make it possible for readers on islands without air services to participate. But don’t wait—fill in your form right away and post it.

Most people should find some thing to do with one of the $2O prizes. If they don’t need the spending money, their pet charity could use it.

Of course, some people may dismiss coupon filling and lucky money prizes as gimmicks, not to be taken seriously. We suspect that some of our long time and most discerning readers are in this category. But we’re serious.

We want the opinion of this type of reader. The few minutes that you spare in ticking off answers will be of inestimable value to us.

May we count on your help?

Judy Tudor,

Publisher, Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd.