Pim - Pro And Con
p. 12 · Read in the full issue
PIM came in for its share of comment both in the correspondence arising from its questionnaire and in evidence before the Senate inquiry.
W. D. Forsyth wrote, in the course of his reply to PI M’s ques tionnaire: ‘ PIM has been in one aspect a good influence in the region as a factor towards the “interchange” between the Islanders themselves upon which in my opinion their future happiness de pends more than on anything else. As you may guess I have less complimentary feelings about its association with some of the materialist factors that have played a not negligible role in the damaging effects of the impact of the West, especially through Australian agencies.’
Ed Howard, Norfolk Island publicist, told the Senate in quiry: ‘The islands of the South Pacific are well aware of one another.
Newspapers crisscross among the islands; we visit one another and talk. There are periodic conferences and informal sessions long into the night afterwards. We correspond and read one another’s official reports. Our different problems and aspirations are discussed with great intelligence in one of the world’s out standing magazines. Pacific Islands Monthly