Contents

Pacific News Review ... 1 Editorial: “Progress of Rehabilitation in Papua-New Guinea” 3 1,200 Nauruans Still Missing Aus tralia Making Search 5 Acting Heads Appointed to NG Provi sional Administration 5 Trans-Pacific Airlines—PAA Already Moving 5 New Income Tax in Fiji—But Rates Are Still Low 6 Knighthood for A. E. Turnbull of W.

Samoa e Lifting Controls in Solomons —But No Help for Civilians 7 Rebuilding Rabaul—Much Australian Activity 7 The Stony Silence of Canberra—No Rabaul Inquiry 8 Tropicalities 9 Retirement of Cook Is. Medical Chief 9 Pageantry in Nukualofa During Ton gan Centenary Celebrations .. 10, 11 N. Guinea Cattle Industry May Be Re-established 13 Knighthood for Ratu Sukuna Acclaimed—Remarkable Career of Fijian Chief 14 Death of Captain “Jimmy” Smith 16

Fiji Plans for 1946—Increased Taxa tion But Decreased Expenditure . 17 Fiji Air-mail Rate Reduced 18 Men of AlB—Omissions from List .. 21 Samoa Looks Ahead 24 F. W. Voelcker —Career of W. Samoa’s New Administrator 26 Home Building: Houses of Metal and Asbestos 28 Fapuan-born Officer’s Fine War Record 31 “PIM” Short Story: “The Strange Case of the Missing Hoo-Hah” .. 32 Early Missionary Effort in the Pacific 35 Old Conditions and New Theories in New Guinea 38 Value of Dairy Cattle in Tropical Islands 40 Is Fijian Education Unrealistic—Or a Pattern Australia Might Copy in New Guinea? 44 Last Days in Rabaul 48 Effect of War on Papuan Natives— Valuable Observations by Veteran Missionary 52 When Maiwara Became the “Van Rees” Amusing Story of Eariy Days of World War II 54 Sydney Welfare Bureau Closes—A. J.

Gaskin Coes North 57 No Fixed War Damage for Trees .. 57 Why Did RAAF Leave Rabaul Before Invasion? 53 Thursday Island a Wreck—Commis sion to T nvestigate 58 More About AIB 59 Shinning and Plane Services—Pacific Travellers 60 Men Wanted ip New Guinea Terri tories Applications for Patrol Officers, Medical Assistants, Clerks 63 Commercial and Markets 64