Contents

Page Pacific Islands Travellers i., 82 Fate of New Guinea and Samoa .. . ’ 1 Oil Found in Dutch N. Guinea ... 2 Fiji’s Annual Show 2 Lae May be Chosen as New Capital of New Guinea 3 Queen Salote’s 20th Anniversary 4, 13, 49- New Radio Station on Pitcairn .. 5 Factors Affecting the Copra Market . 5 N.G. Residents Demand Annexation . 6 Tahiti’s Canned Pineapple Industry 6 Papua and N.G. Through Dutch Eyes 7 Science v. Flies and Beetles 7 Plea for Better Fiji Mail Services . 8 New Minister for Islands Affairs .. 8 Tropicalities 9 About Islands People 10 Moral Lapses in Samoa 11 Bulolo Co.’s Seven Dredges 14 The N.G. Road and the “P.1.M.” .. 15 Rubber Planting in D.N.G 19 Do Samoa and Cooks Face Calamity? 21 New Species Found by Archbold Party 23

Page C.I. Police Chief and Resident Com missioner 24 Native Education and Culture Contact 26 ‘•Aunt Selina” of Norfolk Is 28 Radio for Fijians 32 Taxation of Samoan Natives 35 £1,000.000 Co. for Oil Search in Austra lia’s Territories 36 Secret Cult of Polynesia * 42 The Isle That Was Incomplete ... 44 Leprosy and 8.5.1. Native Treatment 52 Valuable Cook Is. Dictionary .. 54 Queer Artifacts Found in T.N.G. . 56 New Books 53 “Bulolo” Reaches Sydney ! 59 Union Jack and Swastika Flag—Sa moa’s Reaction to Crisis 62 Fashion Notes for Islands Women .. 65 Islands Mining News 67 Short Wave Radio Programmes ... 71 Copra Quality 72 Rabaul People Help German Lady .. 74 Copra and Rubber Quotations ... 75 Produce and Exchange Rates 76 South Seas Shipping Timetables .. 77