Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1974Vol. 45, No. 5

Pacific Islands Monthly

pp. 1-3 · Read in the full issue

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News Magazine Of The South Pacific

May, 1974

AUSTRALIA, N.Z., P.N.G., FIJI, N. HEBRIDES 60c TONGA, W. SAMOA, 8.5.1. P., G.E.I.C. 60c

Cooks, Norfolk, Niue, Nauru 60C

Am. Samoa, Hawaii, Micronesia, Guam $L.Oo

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Our Cover

On the beach at Rairok island, Majuro, but still working—AlC Maru No 2, a Japanese-built launch, custom built in Okinawa for the firm American International Constructors, for use on one project. It was de signed to tow sections of an under water pipeline into place. Since its arrival at Majuro, it has been used for odd jobs, including work as a tugboat for Majuro's small dock.

The photograph was taken by Cap tain John J. Connor of the US Army Corps of Engineers. This issue of PIM reviews Japanese trade in the islands.

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