Contents

Page Pacific News-Review 1 Islands Travellers 3. 72 How Long Will Copra-Producers Sit Quiet Under This Exploitation? .. 5 U.S. Claims in Central Pacific .. .. 6 Why Are There No Flies in Tahiti? .. 7 Is Saipan Island Fortified? 7 New Hotel For Pt. Moresby 7 Good Future For N.G. Cocoa Industry 8 Trans-Pacific Air-mail Service Still Held Up 8 Growth of Fiji Gold Industry 9 Tragic Death of New Hebrides Nurse 9 Expedition to Explore Unknown Dutch New Guinea 9 Fatal Plane Crash at Wau, T.N.G. .. 9 New Town Springing Up in Papua .. 10 Back to Your Beards! 10 Scientific Check Over the Pacific .. 11 Tropicalities 12 About Islands People 13 £lO,OOO Gift From Ocean Islanders .. 14 Wreck of M.V. “Tutuila” 15 Papua’s Rubber Industry Booming .. 16 Euronesians in Samoa 17 Rabaul Brightens Up 18 Water Scheme for Pt. Moresby .. 18 “McNicoll’s Long-Tailed Bird of Para dise” 20 Move to Combat the Chinese in Tahiti 21 Nazi Attitude Towards Natives .. .. 23

Page “Cheeky Natives” in Eastern Papua .. 24 A Forgotten Gastropod 25 .Future Planting in New Guinea .. 26 Cacao Control by British Government 27 »6olomon Islands Affairs 29 “Idle Hour” Sails Again 32 N.G.’s Huge Gold Output 33 U.S.A. and the War 34 40 Years in the New Hebrides .. .. 36 The Sinister Power of Tapu 41 Old Fiji Barque Scuttled 43 How Rev. McKean Was Killed in Tahiti 46 N.G. Labour Problem 48 “Ernie” Dover Passes On 49 A Trader’s Tale 50 Death of Bob Boyd, of Misima .. .. 52 Bananas —Profitable and Otherwise .. 54 Fiji Schooner Pulled Off Reef .. .. 55 Prospector—A New Guinea Story .. 56 New Taxes for Papua? 58 Death of Fr. Oceania Delegate .. .. 59 Book Reviews 60 A Tropical Interlude in Papua .. .. 60 Curious Native Coinage 61 Islands Mining Notes 63 Riddle of Easter Island 65 Short Wave Ratfio Programmes ... 67 Exchange and Produce Rates .. .. 68 Copra and Rubber Prices 69 Fashions of Polynesia 70 Shipping Services in Pacific 71