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Pacific Islands Monthly, 16 March 1942Vol. XII, No. 8

Contents

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Pacific News - Review i This Squealing '' ‘’ '' 3 Effect of War on Fiji & Samoa !. !! 4 * Copra Price Rises Sharply ... 5 Fighting in New Guinea Jungles? .. 6 Midway Island Holds Out 6 Copra Grading in Fiji 7 World-War in the Pacific ..."" 7 European Men still on Tarawa ... 8 Papuan “Impressment’' Orders ... 9 Territories’ Offices Opened in Sydney 9 Compensation for War Damage ... 9 Captain W. Michie Killed by Jap Bombs 10 New Caledonia Is Ready 10 What War Has Done to South Pacific Territories n Filariasis in Tahiti 15 V. G. Smith in a New Job 16 The Secret Story of Hess 17 How Three G. & E. Officers Reached Suva 19 Beekeeping as an Islands Industry .. 21 Death of William Blacklock (Samoa) 25 How Territories’ People Escaped from the Japs 29 Genesis of the New Hebrides Condominium 39 Eat More Coconuts! 42 The Story of Honolulu 45 Territories’ Residents in Australia .. 47 Germany’s Part in Jap Attack on Pacific Territories 52