Islands Press

From the Islands Press

From a letter by Sethi in the New Hebrides Nakamal: New law for taboo not allow making or expose people say porno. What is this kind of porno?

Bad luck for island carve things, they not have nambas in front and very naked. Our custom is very bad for Europe people and it will be porno for the queen if nambas man dance for her in Australia. Goodby.

From the New Hebrides Group News: A large turtle that wandered off limits into the school grounds at IDS last Thursday night later served as a de licious meal for the school kids. ... It had apparently gone ashore to lay eggs but probably went a bit too far and got stranded. . . . Because of water on both sides of the Pango peninsula, it is believed that this is one point that plays funny tricks on turtle's sense of hearing in this particular area.

From a report in The Fiji Times of a speech by Education Minister Jone Naisara at a seminar at the University of the South Pacific: The Fiji Government is prepared to pay its fair share of these very high costs provided the students it is paying for, or helping to pay for, are being trained to fill known manpower needs. It is not prepared to finance students who have no very clear idea of how they propose to use that education in helping their country to progress.

From the BSI News Sheet: A correspondent on Choiseul has written of the perils of creeping about at night seeking the favours of women of the village. . . . Two men went to a girl's house and put a ladder to the window. They woke one of the girls whom they had heard liked to do wrong things. However, the girl and her friend spat at the two boys and threw a bucket of water over them. With the two girls shouting into the night, the two boys tried to run away but one fell into a ditch and broke his leg.

From an editorial in the PNG Post-Courier on Minister of State Mr Sali's call for an end to the

"peculiarly-Australian practice" of shouting drinks:

It is an unfortunate fact of Papua New Guinea life that the local pastime in many places is to wait, ready to pounce on friends buying liquor on the basis that any gifts will eventually be returned in kind. If Mr Sali can crack this practice he will find any number of well-wishers prepared to shout him a drink.

From Perry Langston's new series on nature in the Colony in the GEIC's Atoll Pioneer: Te Kabanei (long-tailed NZ cuckoo) is one of the totems of my wife's family. My mother-in-law used to respectfully greet this bird, and offer it a puff of smoke from her pipe as it used to perch regularly on the ridge of her house.

From the Arawa Bulletin: OFF WITH A BANG: Referring to the latest blasts, Ireca blundered with amusing repercussions two months ago. Local Married Hill gal on a regular nature call, suffered a rude awakening and was thrown from her seating. She gave the personal bruised area a rub and with a sigh of relief settled back . . . only to be jolted off again. Nothing is held sacred in our search for copper! . . . she is regrettably going finish, but not for the above reason.

From New Hebrides Group News: Another news from Agriculture Monitor Seth Timothy at Aulua says an exceptionally big fish was caught off Aulua at the end of last month. The fish had never been known in the area before . . . part of the body is shaped like a shark and it has a tail of a ray-fish. Measurement given was 12 feet in length and 3 feet for width. Mr Timothy says even though he is happy with the catch, the fish made a complete mess of his fishing net.

From the BSI News Sheet: Stones and a piece of wood found in a copra bag at Gizo in mid-September caused an entire shipment from the Shortlands to be rebagged. . . . Some bags felt too heavy and stones were discovered in a bag weighing 189 pounds. The average weight of a bag of copra is about 160 pounds. . . . Foreign matter has been found in bags of copra for several years in Gizo in the Western District but attempts to catch people responsible had failed in the past.

From a letter in the Micronitor from Franklin P.

Smith, Holiness Missionary:

I have just recently arrived on your fair island, the generous gift of the Holy Almighty, and one of the first blasphemies that met my astonished eyes was your unholy sensuous blot upon the art of printing. I can tell you, sir, any newspaper editor that wished to enjoy the everlasting glories of singing paeans of praise around God’s Holy Throne will follow closely the art of printing as practised by those blessed printers who first composed the immortal triumph of Holy Writ as represented in its only true form, the King James Version. Your printing, sir, is obviously inspired by Evil Satan himself. . . .

From an editorial in the Samoa Times on the proposed merger of the South Pacific Conference and the South Pacific Commission: It is important to realise that the new South Pacific Commissiorr should not be considered as a confrontation between black and white, the rich and the poor, the civilised and the relatively uncivilised. Instead, it should be regarded as a school of learning, where all are students.