Atlas prizes for Fiji touragram

Press, 28 June 1983, Page 26

Atlas prizes for Fiji touragram

Gladiator has compiled this special Touragram to test your knowledge of Fiji; and you need not have been to the islands to get the answers right. Much of the information you will need can be found in any good reference book; other clues are contained in the articles in this special travel feature. Whitcoulls, Ltd, is donating six copies of the new Concise Reference World Atlas, New Zealand edition (1983), valued at $16.95 each, as prizes to be awarded to the first six correct entries opened from Christchurch and the area beyond. Whitcoulls is the New Zealand distributor of this excellent atlas which will prove of invaluable assistance to Touragram devotees. “The Press” will also award copies of the atlas to the best two entries received from schools. The words are hidden in the Touragram in a random manner and may appear horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. They can be read from left to right or from right to left, and up or down. Some letters may be common to two or more words. Each word has a corresponding clue. Entries, which close on July 20, should be addressed to the Travel Editor, P.O. Box 1005, Christchurch. Answers, winners, and the names of all correct entrants will be revealed in Tuesday Travel on August 2.

1— Time-honoured title of affection for the Fijian Islands. 2— Flower of welcome to 1? 3 — Symbolic trees of tropical isles . . . 4— . . . and their fruit. 5— Traditional word of welcome in Fiji. 6— -Fiji’s principal port of entry. 7— But if you arrive by air, chances are it will be to here. 8— Native race of the islands. 9— A liking for “long pig” earned ancestors this reputation. 10— Aptly named American-style land development at Deuba. 11— Boat cruises are featured on Fiji’s largest river. 12 — Pacific race, of which the Maori is a member, joined with another Pacific race . . . 13— . . to produce the Fijian. 14— Oriental race liked the Happy Isles and stayed. 15— Sleepy waters beloved by writers of island romances. 16— Marine organism responsible for 17. 17— Outer protective ring for Pacific islands. 18— Hot-foot dance for Beqa islanders. 19— Fiji’s second industry is very much a peoplemeeting programme. 20— Peppery beverage consumed with ceremony which is . . .

21— . . served from ceremonial, legged, mixing bowl. 22 — . . . usually in a special cup made from a coconut shell. 23— The Hawaiians would call it a luau. 24— Trumpet shell with practical, ceremonial and ornamental uses. 25— Gastropod which has served Fiji as both a fertility charm and as money over the years. 26— Bark cloth. 27— Sweet profits from the Fijian ground. 28— Mineral is island’s No. 3 export. 29 — Fastest fruit stripper? 30— Rearrange lemons as ground products. 31— Coconut kernel could finish up in soap or confectionary. 32— Agile poach(e)r on Fiji’s many isles. 33— Modern village at this southern resort of Queen’s Road. 34— Fijian bachelor’s quarters. 35 — Could New Zealand birds look like village chiefs. 36— You couldn't be in a sour mood at this airport. 37— Warrior chief became Fijian “king” and tried to give islands to Britain. 38— Rudder of this famed ship of mutineers is in Fiji museum. 39— Well-known Dutch visitor in 1643. 40— Highest point in Fiji sounds regally English.