The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 July 1941Vol. XI, No. 12

Contents

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Pacific News-Review i Gallant Rescue in Samoa 2 New Islands Minister to Visit NG and Papua 2, 46 South Seas Travellers 3 The Age of Miracles is Not Past .. 5 Roll of Honour 6 M. Henri Sautot, Free French Champion 7 Mrs. Takau Love Wins Cl Ariki Case 7 Dust-Covered Rabaul 7 Copra Position is Better 8 Death of Mr. Fred. Evenett (Samarai) 8 Islands Wedding in Sydney 9 PAA Will Call at Suva .. 9 Tropicalities io Fiji Governor Who Tricked Germans in 1914 12 Girl Murdered at Wau, TNG ... 14 Tragic Death of Fiji Boxer 16 Giant Warplanes Guard Pacific Sealanes 17 “Bon Courage’’—A Tahitian Passes Through Sydney 19 Senator Foil Resigns from NGG Ltd. 20 New Guinea’s Finances 22 More USA Ships for Pacific 24 Rabaul and Wau A Bitter Comparison 25

Methodist Mission's Jubilee in Papua 25 Dr. E. P. Ellison, of Rarotonga ... 27 New Hebrides in War-Time 27 Overlanding in New Guinea 28 Mr. E. G. Theodore Seeks BSI Gold 30 Do Missions Bear Brunt of Native Education? 32 Men Who Pioneered NG Mission in Papua 33 Beeswax—A New Islands Industry? .. 34 Behind the Scenes in the Far East .. 36 War’s Effect on Samoa 38 Papuan Resident’s Varied Career .. 39 Emperor Co. Investigates New Gold Area in Fiji 40 How to Consume More Pacific Copra 41 Tribute to Two Suva Women 42 Bonus for Cl Orange-Growers ... 43 A Section for Islands Women ... 44 Soldiers from Tahiti 48 Deep-Drilling for Oil in Papua ... 52 Mining Reports 54 Short Wave Radio Programmes .. .. 57 HMFS “Viti”—Fiji’s Expensive Ship 58 Islands Produce Quotations 59 South Seas Exchange Rates 60 Copra and Rubber Prices 61-62 Index to Volume XI 63