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Letter to Impulse, East-West Center, Hawaii One had only to hear the first paragraph of Vice President Mondale’s recent speech at the East-West Centre to realize how little currency events here in Honolulu have in Washington, DC.

The Vice President referred to Chancellor Kleinjans and to the EWC as a ‘centre of learning.’ The title “Chancellor” was dropped some fouryears ago at the time of incorporation. All the evidence suggests that the EWC ceased being a “center of learning” sometime prior to that. Name nit held on Request.

PNG Post-Courier When it comes to frankness, the Prime Minister. Mr Somare. has few peers. He admitted in Parliament this week that he was not happy with the public behaviour of some of his Ministers. Better still he told the House that he had made it clear to all Ministers that if anyone of them was convicted three times by a court he

would be automatically sacked.

Letter by Ruai Timothy, New Hebrides News Probably some hear that announcers on Radio New Hebrides announce a programme but don’t follow it till the end. apart from power failure. When an announcer announces a programme, people switch their ears to it, but he/she plays just a moment then spends two to three minutes giving unnecessary stories not :onnected with the programme. An example of this is local string band every Saturday. Some of the things repeated are important but we don’t need it every five minutes as sometimes happens vith some of the announcers. This could only be done every half 3r an hour. As a whole the programmes are fantastic.

r iji Times

lotuma has been hit by a pig menace, the Senate heard yesterday.

Lotuman Senator Wilson Inia told the House that “there are pigs ill over the place” in the island, four hundred miles north of Viti evu.. .The senator said Rotumans had been misled about an ige limit for licences to handle guns to shoot the pigs. It was bought that men over 60 would not be issued licences because heir hands shook. But later Senator Inia found that this was not rue...

Letter to Cook Islands News I am concerned over the emphasis being placed on trying to get our children to pass NZ examinations like School Certificate or University Entrance . . . The average NZ student can do his homework whenever he feels like it either when he comes home, or before or after tea. The Cook Islands students are usually forced to do things like work around the home, go out into the plots, feed the pigs, etc girls have to wash clothes, and help around the house ... Too many kids are being pushed into academic courses when it would be more sensible to concentrate on agriculture or trade training elsewhere . . . Ex-A uckland

Grammar Boy

Fiji Times

Since January 1. a total of 112 prisoners have escaped from prisons and from police custody.

The Bulletin, Nauru A Tennis Friendly Match was played ... at the Meneng Hotel Tennis Court, between the Cities and the Countries. The Cities completely thrashed the Countries, six wins to nil . . . Following their tragic defeat, the Countries declared and issued a return-bout on the Cities, immediately after their great loss ...

The date is being kept secret as a surprise attack by means of manoeuvres and tactics against the Cities.

Lae Nius, Papua New Guinea Mr G. Inuzuka, formerly a lieutenant in the Japanese army during World War 11, has revisited Lae after 37 years, and met an old friend, Mr Yanding, of Wagang village . . . When the Americans and Australians came and the Japanese retreated. Mr Inuzuka offered to take Mr Yanding with him by submarine to Japan, but Mr Yanding did not wish to go.

Pitcairn Miscellany

The stork had been expected all January, but it didn’t finally land until February 10, when it arrived at the editor’s own home with a bundle of bouncing baby boy, weighing eight pounds nine ounces. Mrs Ferguson and Meralda, our nurse and assistant nurse, supervised at the delivery in our home. And so Simon James Pitcairn Cox was born. Proud mum and dad never thought they might have a mutineer in the family.

Unsigned letter, New Hebrides News Please allow me to space to express my concern regarding job opportunities offered to New Hebridean graduates from the University of the South Pacific (Fiji), University of Papua New Guinea (PNG), and the University of Technology (PNG). It has become quite obvious that the output from these three universities, in terms of qualifications, is not recognised in the New Hebrides. . . After all, it is the government that sends us to these three universities. If our qualifications are not recognised then why on earth did you decide to send us there in the first

place?

PNG Post-Courier comment on the constitution