Contents

Page Pacific Islands Travellers .. .. .. 1 Missionaries, etc 3 Fiji’s Radio Services 4 Queen Salote in Sydney 5 New Guinea Mummies 5, 42 Sir G. Pearce Visits Territories .. 5 Australia-Papua Mail Contract .. 6.

Copra Market Sluggish 6 Jack Hides’ Achievements in Central New Guinea 7, 74 Central Medical School, Suva . . . . 8 The Franchise in Fiji 9, 41 “Loch Ness Monster” Arrives in Solomons 10 Hoodoo on Bounty Film 10 Fiji’s New Gold 11 About Islands People 12 M. J. Leahy Doubts Papuan Dis coveries 11 Fiji Shipping Schedules 15 Australia’s Stake in New Guinea .. 18 Melanesian Mission Press 17 Day Dawn’s Finances 19 Restless Norfolk Island 20

Page N.G. Planters’ Debts 23 Polynesia in Australia 26 The Blathering of Politicians .. . . 29 N.Z. Navy’s Visits to Tropics .. . . 30 Foreign Goods in N. Guinea .. .. 31 Coral Islands as Aerodromes . . . . 33 Tragic Muddling of B.N.G.D. Co. .. 35 A Purser’s “If” 38 Peaceful Life in South Seas . . . . 44 A Queer Papuan 45 Rescued by “Bully” Hayes 46 House of the Holy Quiet 51 Emperor Mines Ltd 54 Sir Murchison Fletcher 55 How to Build a Dinghy 56 Fashion Hints for Islands Women . . 60 Housekeeping in the Tropics . . . . 62- Growth of Edie Creek, N.G. 65 New Guinea’s Trade 67 Pacific Mining Notes 68 Papua Legislative Council Meeting.. 73 Islands Produce and Exchange .. .. 76 Market Quotations 77 South Seas Shipping Services . . .. 78