Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1970Vol. 41, No. 2

Monthly

pp. 1-18 · Read in the full issue

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Pacific Islands Monthly

Registered at G.P.O., Sydney, for transmission by post as a newspaper.

February, 1970

News Magazine Of The South Pacific

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Cargo handling has been revolutionised through mechanisation and con tainerisation in the last decade — except in some parts of the Pacific. In the outer atolls of the Gilberts, in the Central Pacific, stevedoring methods haven’t changed in the past 100 years of trading. Wharves and jetties don’t exist but these conditions have pro duced some of the best workers still in the cargo handling business. Shown here, crewmen from the GEIC Wholesale Society’s Moanaraoi shoulder general

supplies ashore. The picture

is by Captain Peter King.

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