Contents

Page Pacific Islands Travellers 1 Publicity for the Islands 3 Depressed Politics in Samoa, 4 Earthquake Shakes New Guinea .. 4 Credit Control Scheme for Wau .. 5 Polynesian Kings Meet in Apia ... 5 Sydney-Rabaul Airmail Service ... 6 Great Church Feast in Samoa ... 7 Govt. Patrol Explores Unknown N.G. 7 Need for Defence Force in N.G. and Papua g Tropicalities 9 About Islands People 10 Mrs. Bignell, M.8.E., Prepares for Gaol 11 Yacht Wreck at Pt. Moresby 11 Will N.G. Capital Be On Mainland or Bitapaka? 13 “War” on Canton Island 14 Samoa’s Healthy Trade 15

Page Trans-Pacific Luxury Liners 17 Discoveries in Dutch N. Guinea ... 19 Aerial Defence in the Pacific .. .. 20 Tung Oil in Norfolk Is.? 23 Japan Pushes South .. .. .. .. 25, 61 Adventurers of Torres Strait 26 “Nature Men” in Tahiti 29 “Garden of Eden” at Galapagos ... 32 Tragedy at Atimaono 33 Anzac Night in the Solomons .. .. 40 A Wonder of the Pacific 44 Early P.A, Airways History 50 Passing of a Noted Fijian 56 Fashions for Islands Women 63 Germany and Tonga 65 Mining Reports 67 Radio Programmes 73 Islands Produce and Exchange ... 74 Copra and Rubber Quotations .. .. 75 Pacific Shipping Timetables 76