Contents

Pacific Islands Travellers iii “Get Busy or Get Out!”—Australia and New Guinea v N.G. Eruption Damage 1 Fiji’s Trade Increases 1 Copra Market Prospects 2 New Base in Unknown Papua 3 Dispute Over Fiji Council Precedence 4 Jack Hides Returns to Sydney 4 Southwards Thrust of Japan 5 After-Effects of Rabaul Eruption 5 B. Rabaul Store Burned 5 Secret Agreement Which Governs South Pacific Air-mail Service 6 About Islands People 9 C. Fruit Industry 10 Samoan Mau Influence Waning 11 N.G. Air-mail Contracts 15 Japan Busy in Her Islands 18

N.G.’s Chinese Problem 20 Sydney-N.G. Air-mail Delayed 24 Problem of the Half-Caste 26 Malden Island To-day 30 Shipping Freight Rates Rise 32 Disaster of the Sarah-Ann 34 A Royal Visit to Tonga 36 Corsican Castaway in Papua 42 German Administration in N.G. 48, 56 Tom Harrisson in New Hebrides 50 Tragedy of the Marquesans 52 Death of David Lyall 58 Fashion Hints for Islands Women ... 65 Matson Interests in Hawaii 71 Pacific Radio Programmes 75 Islands Mining News 76 Produce and Exchange Rates 79 Market Quotations 80 Shipping Services in South Seas 81