Contents

Pacific Islands Travellers 1 Pacific News-Review 2 Will Japan be the Tool of the Hun? 5 Air Connection for Fiji and Samoa .. 6 Notables at Copra Conference ... 6 1940 NMP’s (photo) 6 Copra Marketing Board 7 New Uses For Copra 7 Late News and Comments 8 Judge Stuart, Raider Victim 8 M. Mansard Assaulted 9 New Trans-Pacific Services 9 Rabaul’s Volcanoes Again 9 About Islands People 11 South Pacific Copra Conference ... 12 Complete Story of Pacific Raiders .. 15 Papua’s New Administrator 20 Murders in N. Hebrides 23 • Economic Survey of Solomon Islands 24 Notes on New Caledonia 27 Scientists in Central Pacific 34

Historic Cook Medal 35 Shall We Educate Natives? 37 Tahiti and Free France 38 Teacup Storm on Aitutaki 39 War and British Development Plan 40 Sea Tragedies in Cook Islands ... 42 Fiji Under Criticism 43 Tribute to Harold Gatty 47 New Town in Papuan Jungle .. .. 48 Sir Harry Luke on Tour 49 Book Reviews 52 Fiji Girl in “Blitzkrieg” 54 Dislocation of Phosphate Trade ... 56 When War Loomed on Palmerston Is. 57 Samoa’s Labour Troubles 58 Islands Mining News 60 Short Wave Radio Programmes .. 63 Copra and Rubber Prices 64 Exchange and Market Quotations .. 65 Noumea Sampan Makes History .. 66 “One-Talks” in the AIF 68