Contents

Pacific News-Review 1 Editorial: What Mr. Ward is Doing With Australian Territories’ Prob lems 3 Dr. V. W. McGusty Retires .. 5 The Coming Pacific Air-age 5 When Japs Were Poised Against Australia 6 Fijian Soldier Wins Victoria Cross .. 6 Looting is War Damage! PTA Has Some Success 7 Harold Gatty’s Raft Book a Remark able Achievement 8 Copra Board’s Surplus—Fiji Position Explained g Tropicalities 9 Jap “Coloilists”—Big Mopping-up Job in New Guinea 10 Empire Medal to Mrs. Ruby Boye .. 11 In Defence of Contract Labour ... 12 Influenza Now—Tourists in • the Future—Prospects in Tahiti ... 14 Fiji Commanders Decorated 16 Deadlock in Rarotongan Fruit Trade 17 Samoan Election Results 19 Sweeping Educational Reforms Advo cated for Fiji 21 Indian Problem—What Has Happened in E. Africa 25 Tributes From Fiji—Sir P. Mitchell Farewelled ... 26 Away From it All With Frisbie !! 29 Effect of War on Fijian Society .. 33 New Reference Book on Papua, bv Lewis Lett 37 A Link With the “Bounty” 33 A Fantasy of 1949 .. ’ 49 The New Guinea Set-up—Policy- Discussed 41 Alice in Canberra ’ ’ ’ 43 South Sea Authors * 45 Commercial, Markets, etc 43 Difficulties of Resuming TNG Planting m