Contents

Pacific News-Review i Effect of Hurried Move From Rabaul 2 South Seas Travellers 3 War Comes to the Pacific 5 Fiji’s New Air Service 7 Copra Pool Position 7 Samoan Council Election 8 Captain d’Argenlieu Arrives in Noumea 8 Alternatives to Copra 9 India as a Pacific Leader ! 12 Early Gold in Papua 12 Tropicalities 13 King of the Tangitangs 15 Valuable Pacific History Book ... 16 Captain “Jim” Smith, of the Gilberts 17 Roll of Honour 18 The Triumph of Gambusia Fish ... 20 Water for Port Moresby 21 Why Polynesians Shun Us 22 Commodore Goodenough’s Memorial in BSI 24 Educating the Nauruans 25 Mules May Solve Morobe’s Transport Problem 27

A Wander in the Central Pacific: By R. W. Robson 28 An Island of Peace 37 A Trader's Tale 38 How New Caledonian Coffee Is Graded 39 Which Fork for Whale Steak? ... 40 Penny Famine in Fiji 41 One Christmas Eve in Papua 42 Progress of Transfer of NG Capital 44 Rabbits on the Equator 45 Horticulture in the Solomons 47 Revision of NG Plantation Values Needed 48 A Section for Women 49 Pacific Mining Notes 53 Shortage of Native Labour 54 Research in Tonga Culture 55 Short Wave Radio Programmes ... 57 Islands Produce Prices 59 Bank Exchange Rates 60 Copra Quotations 61 Rubber Prices 62 New Books Reviewed 62