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Pacific Islands Travellers 1, 80 Japan’s Shadow on the Pacific ... 3 Islands Vignettes 4 Girl Flier Missing in N.G 5 “Matua” Hits Reef in Tonga 5 Count Von Luckner’s Box of Gold . 5 New Guinea’s Progress 6 Prance and the New Hebrides ... 6 Sydney-Rabaul Air Service 7 Committee to Select N.G. Capital 8 Mishaps to P.A.A.’s “China Clipper” 8 Fiji’s Sound Finances 9 Complaint About B.P. Snips ... 10 Tropicalities 11 About Islands People 12 New Govt. Offices in Suva 15 Tahiti Schooner Wrecked 17 Rossel Island Financiers (Papua) .. 18 Copra Market Depressed 20

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Chain of Pacific Weather Stations . 24 Islands By the Way—Fascinating History of Torres Strait 25 Preserving Polynesian Relics 29 The Claims of T. H. Harrisson ... 37 Islands Life Pictured on Stamps .. 41 Zeppelin Services for Pacific? .. .. 44 Murder on the High Seas 45 C.I. Fruit* Control a Success 50 Norfolk Island to Change 51 How Washington is Curbing Pan- American Airways 53 Radio Progress During 1937 57 Fashion Hints for Islands Women .. 65 Pacific Mining Notes 68 Radio Programmes 73 Islands Produce Rates 74 Copra and Rubber Quotations .. .. 75 Shipping Services for Islands .. .. 77