Contents

Pacific Islands Travellers 1, 76 How Long will this Hitler War Last? 3 Islands Trade Boom Expected ... 5 Amalgamation Committee’s Report . 5 Treatment of Germans in Pacific . 5 Effect of War on New Guinea .. 5 Tonga's Queer Finances 6 Defence of Islands Territories ... 6 Pacific Shipping Affected by War .. 7 “Papuan Chief” on Reef 7 Copra Market Disorganised 7 Fiji’s Trade Figures 8 Fire Destroys Big Rabaul Store ... 8 Trans-Pacific Airmail Inaugurated . 9 Tropicalities 11 About Islands People 13 Japanese Scared by H.M.S. “Achilles” 17 Death of Mr. T. Andrew, of Samoa . 18 Sidelights in Papua and N. Guinea 19, 57 Japanese in Hawaii 24 New Electoral Law in Samoa 29 Wau’s Great Gold Discovery 30 Discontent and Hopelessness in Man dated Territory of New Guinea . 33 Papua’s Balanced Budget 43 Old Diary Describes Samoa of 150 Years Ago 44

New Timber Enterprises in N.G. .. 47 Late Mr. T. S. Adams, of Tahiti .. 48 Memories of the Yodda Goldfield (Papua) 49 Tongan Finance Minister Resigns .. 50 New U.S. Bases in North Pacific .. 51 Archaic Liquor Law in Samoa ... 52 Gold Mines of Papua Ltd. Close Down 53 Adventurous Life of Mrs. W. E. Giblin 55 The Philippines—U.S.A. or Japan? .. 58 Bishop Doucere’s 50 Years of Mission Work in New Hebrides 59 Tributes to Late Father Kirschbaum 60 Natives as Medical Men 61 Eager Search for Oil in Melanesia . 62 Islands Mining News 63 Early Explorers in Morobe, T.N.G. .. 65 Short Wave Radio Programmes ... 67 Copra and Rubber Quotations ... 68 Islands Produce Prices 69 South Seas Exchange Rates 70 “Gus” Nelsson Passes On 71 Carpenter & Co.’s Annual Report .. 72 The Salamaua-Wau Road 73 Shipping Services in the Pacific .. 74