Contents

Page South Seas Travellers 1 Subsidise Transport—Or Lose the Islands Territories 3 Federal Minister’s Northern Tour .. 5 Archbold Amphibian Sinks 5 Jack Hides to Lead New Expedition . . 5 Sampans Captured in New Caledonia and the Solomons 6 New Vessel for Lau Group 7 Royal Burial in Tonga 7 Bridge Across Rewa River, Fiji . . . . 8 Britain to Aid Pacific Shipping .. . . 8 Australia-New Guinea Air Line .. 8 How “Granny” Sits on Samoa’s Head 9 Tropicalities 11 About Islands People 12 Samoa in Throes of Political Re arrangement 14, 66 The “Two-Mile Limit” in New Guinea 17 Pacific Exporter’s Business Expands 18 Joseph Conrad Reaches Tahiti . . .. 21 Malayta Company Purchased .. . . 23 The Marsters Family at Suwarrow Is. 25

Page Lost Atolls of the Pacific 29 Pages From the Past —Charlie Savage, White Chief of Ban 33 The Sicknesses of Tami 35 Economic Value of Medical Hand books 37 Survivor of “St. Paul” Wreck . . . . 39 Tonga’s “Tin-Can” Mail 40 Ancient Idol in the Solomons . . .. 41 The Duff —First Missionary Ship . . 42 Morris, Hedstrom’s Annual Report .. 45 Establishment of Pt, Humboldt, Dutch New Guinea 46 Rev. Stephen Rabone, of Tonga . . . . 49 “Good Old Days” in the Louisiades . . 52 A Home-made Machine Grater *.. .. 62 Two Years’ Gaol for Plolding New Guinea Native Prisoner . . .. 64 Fiji’s Surplus 69 Pacific Goldmining Reports 70 Islands Produce and Exchange . . .. 75 Market Quotations 76 South Seas Shipping Services . . .. 78 Index to Volume VI 79