Contents

Pacific News Review 1 The Coming Air Armadas 3 Military Plan for Territories’ Plan tations 6 USA Consul-General in New Caledonia 6 Ocean Island Residency 7 Political Clash in New Caledonia .. 7 Territories War Damage Compensa tion 7 Sir Harry Luke Retires 8 Suva War Preparations 9 Escape From Northern New Guinea 10 Suva’s Mosquitoes 11 Destruction of New Guinea Enter prises 11 Rubber from Papua 12 Old Story of Pitcairn 13 Incident of Early Tahiti 14 How Best to Govern Fiji 15 New Guinea Munchausen 17 Boom in Cook Is. Copra 19 Marama of Moorea 20 Schooner “Vagus” Lost 23 No Quinine 24 They Got Away 28 New Guinea Officials in the Forces 30 The Maraamu 32 How France Was Betrayed in 1940 34 Tahiti’s Hats 40 One Night in Greece 41 New Guinea Women 43 Quaint Speech of Niue 45 Commercial Quotations 47 Volume Index 48