Contents

Page Pacific Islands Travellers 1 Bureaucrats in the Pacific 3 Pacific Mail Subsidy 4 Mr. Jack Hides 4 The Queen of Tonga 5 Developmental Policy for New Guinea and Papua 5 Copra Market .. 5 New Caledonian Nickel Industry . . . . 5 Fiji Goldmining Industry 6 Native Lands in Rabaul 7 Canon Tomlinson, of Papua 8 Pacific Health Conference .. . . 8, 75 “Papuan Wonderland’’ 9 Islands Aerodromes 9 Aerial Survey of Dutch N. Guinea 10 About Islands People 12 W. R. Carpenter Ltd. Form Insurance Company 14 Adventurous Gold Quest 17 “The Old Shanty” 3 9 N.G. Native Buys New Motor Car . , 20

Page Kwato Mission and Trading 23 Japanese Princes in Marshall Is 25 Late Dr. Schultz, of Samoa 28 Papua’s Dragon 30 Samoa and the Mau 31 Gold in the Solomons 33 Administratorship of Samoa 37 Men Who Knew Yesterday—l. Viggo Rasmussen (Cook Is.) 40 Tahiti’s July 14 Celebrations 44 The Murder of Weaver 46 Death of John MacDonald, of Papua 51 The Franchise in Fiji . . 54 Fashion Hints for Islands Women .. 62 Housekeeping in the Tropics . . . . 64 Quick Legislation in N. Guinea .. .. 65 Thursday Island News 67 Pacific Mining Reports 68 Islands Produce and Exchange Rates 76 Market Quotations 77 Shipping Services in the Pacific . . .. 78