from the islands press

From The Fiji Times, Suva The New Zealand High Commission in Suva has been flooded with inquiries for people wishing to migrate to New Zealand.

New Zealand introduced a new immigration policy on Febru ary 19.

The new policy says “any person of any nationality and wherever resident may be considered on his or her merits for entry to New Zealand”.

From a column by Sir John Guise in The Times of Papua New Guinea.

A new broom is needed to weed out without fear or favor all corruptable elements across the whole structure of leadership now, including many sections of the civil service and the Ombudsman Commission. It must be done now before the cancerous evil growth becomes a regular way of life in this nation.

It has been said that if you swindle K5OO you are a criminal.

However, if you swindle one million kina you are a business tycoon!

Has his been the criterion for all this bribery and corrupt able behaviour?

The courageous public warning issued by the Prime Minis ter must be heeded by the nation.

From Public Notices in The Fiji Times, Suva.

Pupuke Branch Pork Butchers Association.

Squeak squeak.

Due to bean counting conference the members only Field Trip to Korolevu will now be held March 6.

Meet at Travelodge 10.15 a.m. for bus.

From a letter by “A very concerned Newcomer” in The Norfolk Islander.

As one very concerned new resident, could I, through your paper, appeal to the people of Norfolk Island.

Could all those people who drink beer or soft drinks instead of throwing the cans away, just take a little effort to carry them a little further and place in their own rubbish tin.

After having seen what can happen when no one bothers, it worries me that in 10 or 15 years, Norfolk Island will be one big Garbage Dump in the South Pacific instead of a Jewel in the South Pacific.

A letter in The Fiji Times from Ratu G. Vosabalavu on the current discussion in Fiji on a common name for all Fiji people.

Sir, I certainly wouldn’t want to be one of S. Nandan’s “Fijistanis”.

He thinks Fiji consists only of “stanis”. We have here Fijians, Melanesians, Polynesians, Micronesians, Muslims, Chinese, Indians, Europeans, and so on.

A common name should reflect this composition, I there fore suggest for a common name: Fijmelpolmicmuschindu pean”. It is sweet and melodious, don’t you think?

From the University of the South Pacific Bulletin, Suva.

A book titled “Frog Raising for Pleasure and Profit” by Russell Ash and Brian Lake is among several volumes which have been received by the Library in error.

From The Times of Papua New Guinea.

A hunter chasing wallabies in a remote part of the Northern province has uncovered ten American World War Two jeeps, all in very good condition.

Villagers from the Dobuduru area are unwilling, however, to hand over the find to government officers.

Officers of the provincial government and the department of Civil Aviation, Culture and Tourism have made trips to Dobuduru village but villagers told them at first it was only a rumour.

Other villagers later told them that the discovery was indeed real and that certain “educated people” were asking their wantoks not to reveal the hiding place while they negotiated with interested groups to sell the jeeps.

Grass Roots comments in the PNG Post-Courier on a call by Opposition Leader Michael Somare for MPs to “lay off” the press for criticising their unethical private and personal behavior.