Contents

Pacific News Review 1 Islands Travellers .. 3, 76 The Growing Shadow of Russia 5 Must We Hate the Germans? ... 6 P.A.A. Almost Ready for Inauguration of Trans-Pacific Air Service .. 7 Salving of the “Makambo” 7, 43 History of Fiji-Australian Banana Trade 7 Sir Hubert Murray iii Australia .! 8 Papua’s Search for Oil 8 “Papuan Chief” Salved 8 Nazis Removed from Samoa .. 8 Future of N.G. Native Labour ... 9 German Propaganda in New Guinea 9 Native Land Problem in Fiji ... 9 American Achievement on Canton Is. 10 “Trust Fund” for N.G. Gold Tax .. 10 About Islands People 11 Tropicalities .. : . .. 13 Collapse of Gold Mines of Papua, Ltd. 14 Difficult Relationship Between Ameri cans & Japanese in Hawaii 16 Rising Costs in the Islands 20 Terrifying Eruption in New Hebrides 23 Polynesian Stone Bowl Found in Madrid 25 Ripley’s Story of Torres Strait Wrecks 28 Death of Capt. “Bill” Tait (8.5. T.) 29

Salamaua-Wau Road Plan Still Held UP 30 Dangerous Bugs Per Airmail .. .. 31 New Zealand’s Place in the Pacific 31 Jack Hides’s Greatest Adventure .. 34 Tahiti’s First Ships 37 The Luluai of Pir—A New Guinea Tale 39 Transition Period in Fiji * * ‘ 44 Old Habits Pass in Tahiti 46 Cheeky Natives in Eastern Papua .. 47 Why No Malaria in Fiji? 43 Trenchant Criticism of Tonga’s Condition 50 Book Reviews 51 Study of Polynesian Economics .. 53 Fate of Superior Persons in Tahiti 54 The Pioneering of Brother Jones in the Solpmons .. .. .. 55 Tuberculosis in Polynesia 56 British Law v. Koran Law .. .. .. 56 South Seas Copra Shipments 59 What To Do With Native Races .. 61 Fashion Hints for Islands Women .. 63 The Crash of Woolcott Forbes ... 65 Islands Mining Notes 68 Short Wave Radio Programmes .. 71 Copra and Rubber Prices 72 Produce & Exchange Rates 73 Shipping Services in the Pacific .. 74