Contents

Pacific Islands Travellers 1, 76 America's Voice in the Pacific 3 Conditions in 8.5.1 4 Aerodrome for Samoa ' ” 4 Death of Mr. G. E. L. Westbrook .. 4 Suva Close to Hurricane 5 N.G. Planters Not Caught Napping 5 P.A.A. to Call at Noumea 5 Amalgamation of Papua &N. Guinea 6 Death of Makea Tinerau 7 Slow Progress in Trans-Pacific Ply ing Plans g Tropicalities 9 Storms in Western Samoa 10 About Islands People n Japanese Poachers in the Pacific .. 12 Dare U.S.A. Fortify Guam? 13 Future Control of Samoa 14 Jew Settlers for New Guinea .. .. 15 The Salamaua-Wau Road 17 Samoa and Feeble N.Z is The Copra Market in Europe 22 Rich Nauruan Natives 26 What Happened to Proposed Consort of Hawaii's Last Sovereign ... 28

Death of Mr. A. H. C. Bunting ... 30 Another Survivor of Pitcairn “Exodus” 31 Discovery and Discoverers of French Oceania 32 Was There Cruelty in German Colonies? 34 “Wowsers” of the South Seas .’. 37 How a Banished Samoan Chief Went Home 38 A True Love Story of New Guinea .. 40 How Tahiti Became French 42 Mosquitoes—The Pervading Pest of the Tropics 45

Pigs—and Pigs! * 47

“There is No Japanese Menace!” 51 Prosperous Fiji 52 Malaria and Empire Development .. 54 The “Tin-Can Mailman” 56 Fashions for Islands Women 59 Bulolo Co.’s Eight Dredges 61 Mining Notes 64 Short Wave Radio Programmes .. .! 67 Produce and Exchange Rates ... 68 Market Quotations 69

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