The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1983Vol. 54, No. 8

Pacific

pp. 1-3 · Read in the full issue

Islands

Monthly

August,I9B3

American Samoa US$l.75 Australia *A$l.5O Cook Islands NZ$l.5O Fiji F 51.50 Hawaii US$l.95 Kiribati A 51.75 Nauru A 51.75 New Caledonia CFPI9O New Zealand NZ$2.OO Niue NZ$l.5O Norfolk Island A 51.50 Papua New Guinea K 1.50 Solomon Islands 551.50 Tahiti CFPI9O Tonga PI ,50 Tuvalu A 51.75

Usa U 552.25

USTT and Guam US$l95 Vanuatu VT1.50 Western Samoa T 1.95 'Recommended retail price only.

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Cover: A traditional sailing craft from the far south-east of Papua New Guinea is prepared for a coastal cruise. Roberto Pettini took the picture off the Trobriand Islands.