Contents

Pacific News-Review 1 Editorial: “America in the Pacific— And Our Future 3 Birthday Honours—Knighthood for Fiji’s Governor ... 5 Australia Plans Socialist Utopia in New Guinea—Mr. Ward Shows How Native Peoples Should Be Governed 6 Decorations to Two New Guinea Air men 7 Australian Government’s Policy for Civilian Internees 7 Colonial Office Representative Visits Fiji .. 8 Three Pacific Companies With Over 4s Million Liquid Funds 8 Tropicalities 9 Shangri-La—Another Mystery Village in New Guinea 10 Fiji Information Office Changes Its Name 12 Rehabilitation Fund for New Guinea

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To Advise on Fiji Agriculture—Visit of Trinidad Experts 13 The Anglican Mission and the Murray Regime 14 Crime Without Motive—Rarotonga’s Minor “Wave” 15 Papuan and New Guinea Roman Catholic Missions 16 No Time to Pull Punches —Vice-President Warns PTA Members at Annual Meeting 17

Rehabilitation in the Solomons .. 21 Should Copra Quality Be Improved— Fiji Cannot Decide 22 Kennedy’s Boys Go A-Feudin’ .. .. 23 Rubber’s “Uncertain” Future .. 25 Lead Kindly Light—A Tribute to Bush Beer 26 Mr, Ward Thought It Subversive— But Evacuees Secession Move Reached USA 28 “PIM” Short Story: “Lady With A Mission” 29 Changes in New Guinea and Probable Influence of High Price of Gold 32 Coral Carrier—James Norman Hall’s New Book 34 Brilliant But Collaborationist—Career of a Caledonian Writer 36 Large Scale Embezzlement by Samoan 37 Policy of the Nickel Company in New Caledonia 33 Fiji’s Lone Crocodile—A Tale Retold 51 Looking to the Islands for Jobs —Few Openings Until Shipping Restored 53 Trader’s Tale: The Great Tank Mystery 54 Memories of Old Tonga 56 Was Father Laval Really So Mad?— Ramsden’s Story of Mangareva’s Priest Refuted 59 Terror on Tarawa—Life of Mission Sisters , Under Jap Domination .. 61 Index to Volume XV 63 Commercial Markets, etc 64