Contents

Page Pacific Islands Travellers 1 How Near is the Japanese “Menace”? 3 Japan’s Poachers in the Pacific .. .. 5 Fiji’s Governor Promoted 5 Debts of N.G. Soldier-Planters .. .. 6 Why Fiji-Indians Reject Christianity 6 Atebrin—Some Further Experiences.. 7 N.G.G. Ltd. to Pass Dividend . . . . 7 Fijian Bubble Bursts 8 War in Rarotonga 9 American Expedition for Fly River . . 10 Tropicalities 11 About Islands People 12 Aerial Transport Merger in N. Guinea 15 Control of N.G. Native Employees .. 17 A Corner in Poetry is British in the New Hebrides .. .. 20 The Mystery of the Missing Page .. 22 Sydney—Tahiti—’Frisco Service . . 24 Mentality and Future of Native Races 25 Pages from the Past—The Affair of Henry Worth Pearse 26 Death of Noted Samoan Chief . . .. 33 The Soma Plant 34

Page Rewards for Cocoa-growing in N.G. 36 “Queen Petterson” of Tatau Is. .. 39 In N.G.’s Unknown Centre 41 Men Who Knew Yesterday—s. Percy H. Edmunds 45 Casual Notes from Bulolo 46 Papuan Sugar Industry 47 Old Missionary Laws in Tahiti . . . . 48 Mendham Luck! 51 Ancient Stones in the Trobriands .. 52 Aerial Transport in N. Guinea . . .. 56 Samoan News 57 Fashion Hints for Islands Women . . 58 Housekeeping in the Tropics . . .. 60 Hurricane Sweeps Lau Group .. 63 Subsidised Ships in the Pacific . . .. 60 Spying Out Central N.G.’s Secrets .. 66 Pacific Islands Mining Notes . . .. 68 White Man Sentenced to Death .. .. 73 Justice in the Solomons 74 Fijians Riot at Tavua 75 Islands Produce and Exchange Rates 76 Copra and Rubber Quotations .. 77 Shipping Services in the Pacific .. 78