Contents

Page Pacific Islands Travellers .. .. .. 1 Union Steam Ship Co. Beset by Poli ticians and Traitors 3 Cuthbert’s Misima Is. Mine Sold . . 4 Copra’s Rise 4 U.S.A. Annexes Pacific Islands .. .. 5 Terrific N.G. Earthquake 5 Missionaries’ Triumph in Fiji .. .. 6 Mt. Yule (Papua) Climbed 7 A Handy Little Sailing Boat .. .. 7 Land Transfer Tax in New Guinea . . 8 Training Papuan Medical Assistants 9 Strike Threatened on Fiji Mine .. .. 10 Tropicalities H About Islands People 12 N.I. Passion Fruit Industry 14 Tragic Wreck in Nth. New Guinea .. 15 Pack Drill for N.G. Natives Abolished 16 Plans for Tropical Asbestos House .. 19 Restrictions on Whaling 24 Queen Salote, of Tonga, Meets Mari ner’s Grandson 25 Makambo Beached in New Hebrides 27

Page Warships Go Off “Into the Blue” .. 28 Radio Stations for the Pacific .. .. 28 Men Who Knew Yesterday.— 2. Charles James Ward (Cook Is.) .. 29 Apia’s Protest to Eastern Samoa .. 31 The Old Track in from Salamaua .. 33 Feeding Babies in the Tropics .. .. 36 Taking of the Komet 38 Spirit of a Great Chief Passes On .. 40 Income Tax on Fiji Fortunes . . .. 43 Murnau’s House Destroyed at Tahiti 44 Survey of Misima Is. Goldfield .. .. 46 Fashion Hints for Islands Women .. 50 Jack Hides and the Missions .. .. 52 Are They New Racial Types in Papua? 54 Speculative Fijian Gold Shares .. .. 58 Aviation Progress in Papua 60 New Guinea Pilot Killed 65 Housekeeping in the Tropics .. .. 66 Pacific Mining Reports 68 Book Reviews 74 Islands Produce and Exchange Rates 76 Market Quotations 77 South Seas Shipping Services .. .. 78