Nauru's Pools Not
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Yet Off The Ground
Efforts by Pacific Sporting Pools Ltd. to establish football pools in Nauru had not come to fruition in February. Arrangements had yet to be completed for a regular air service between Nauru and Australia, which is necessary to handle the huge increase in postal business contemplated.
The promoters were attempting to arrange charters with overseas air operators. Meanwhile, the company is going ahead with the building of a hotel on Nauru to house staff and has produced two issues of a news paper, Central Pacific Post, printed in Brisbane. Its February iss”e ad vertises vacancies for 50 to 60 full time employees in Nauru and about 300 part time, “preference given to residents of Nauru”.