Contents

Page Pacific Islands Travellers 1 Japanese Poachers in Pacific 3 6 Matua Re-enters Service 5 Japan’s New Development Co 5 Investigating Tahiti Scandals 5 Guinea Airways’ New Chief 7 Restless Samoan Mau ...* 8 Search for Oil in Islands 9 Volcanoes in the New Hebrides ... 10 Tropicalities n About Islands People 12 Kaisinik—Model N.G. Village in Place of Cannibal Den 15 C.S.R. to Can Fiji Pineapples 17 Whites Attacked by N.G. Natives . . 18 War Against Samoan Chinese ... 19 Control of Whaling 20 New Trans-Pacific Line 21 Aerial Transport for Pacific 22 New Hebrides Trade 24 Footloose in Samoa 25 Clement Wharton-Kirke, Morobe Pioneer 34 Mission Rivalries in New Guinea . . 37 Death of Papua’s “Sandalwood King” 39

Page Men Who Knew Yesterday—Mr. F.

Danvers Power (Nauru) 41 Papuan “Wonderland” 43 Protecting Australian Interests in New Guinea Trade 46 Mail Day In Wau 48 Work of Suva Medical School 51 A House for the Islands 52 Criticism of N.G. Legislative Council 55 Fashions for Islands Women 59 Valuable Plants of Fiji 64 New Caledonian News 65 Pacific Islands Mining Notes 68 Presbyterian Mission Synod in New Hebrides 71 The New Samoa and Mr. O. F. Nelson 72 Bulolo Co.’s Seven Dredges 73 Labour Shortage in Fiji 74 Stirring Tale of L.M.S. In Papua 74 Chinese in N. Guinea 75 Stir Over Mandated Alluvials 75 Islands Produce and Exchange ... 76 Market Quotations 77 Shipping Services in Pacific 78