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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 2 (June 1, 1931)
Typical Scenes In The South Sea Islands. — Top (left), The “Tin-can Mail” at Niuafou Island, letters from N.Z. being towed ashore in biscuit tins by Island swimmers; (right), Tongan Mystery Monument erected by a vanished race; (left centre), a typical Samoa village; (right centre), Tongan children who closely resemble their Maori cousins. Below (left), an island cutter within the reef at Suva; (right), a busy day on the wharf, at Suva
Typical Scenes In The South Sea Islands.
Top (left), The “Tin-can Mail” at Niuafou Island, letters from N.Z. being towed ashore in biscuit tins by Island swimmers; (right), Tongan Mystery Monument erected by a vanished race; (left centre), a typical Samoa village; (right centre), Tongan children who closely resemble their Maori cousins. Below (left), an island cutter within the reef at Suva; (right), a busy day on the wharf, at Suva.