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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1986Vol. 57, No. 9

Pacific

pp. 1-3 · Read in the full issue

Islands

Monthly

American Samoa US$2.OO Australia A 52.00 Cook Islands NZ$3.OO Fiji F 51.75 Hawaii US$2.5O Kiribati A 52.00 Nauru A 52.00 New Caledonia CFP2SO New Zealand NZ$3.OO Niue NZ$2.5O Norfolk Island A 52.00 Papua New Guinea K 52.00 Solomon Islands 552.00 Tahiti CFP3OO Tonga P 2.00 Tuvalu A 52.00

Usa Us$3.Oo

USTT and Guam US$2.5O Vanuatu VT2.00 Western Samoa T 2.75 •Recommended retail price only Registered by Australia Post Publication No. NBPI2IO

September, 1986

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The Cover

A Port Moresby beggar waits for a handout.

Photo: Patrick Matbob.