Contents

Editorial: Events in Micronesia- Pacific Ocean Now a Vast Anglo- American Lake 7 Surplus Goods—Plan to Give Terri torial Buying Priority 9 2,000 More Indians in Fiji Now! .. 9 Western Samoa Welcomes its New Administrator 9 Conditions Improve in New Guinea and Papua 10 Mekeo Boys at Lunch at GH in Moresby h Extraordinary Run of Bad Luck for “Southern Cross” 11 Territorians Return to New Guinea by “Ormiston” 12 New Guinea Under Trusteeship— Dr. Evatt Explains 13 Scrub Typhus—Warning to Returning Territorians 14 Mrs. Baker of Witu—Not Permitted to Return 19 PTA Can Do No More in Australia— Executive Will Move North 17 Tarawa Flag for US Naval Academy 21 New Guinea Balance Sheet—London To Help Savages Become Surgeons .. 25 Expert Endorses Mr. Ward’s Policy .. 22

Censored—“PlM” Editor Tells Story of 1942 26 Territories’ Talk-talk 29 • Money-making Islets of Malaita .. 30 Tropicalities 31 The Story of Rabaul 32 “Gappy”—How Captain Fitch Saved Steamships Trading Co 34 Johnny Frisbie Enters the Writing Business 35 The Character of a Hot-cross Bun .. 36 The Man Who Gave His Name to Townsville 37 New Britain 60 Years Ago 33 Mr. Ward and Press Criticism ... 39 Young Australia Returns to the Sepik 40 History of Fixed Copra Prices in Fiji 41 Old Fiji Residents Pass On 42 The Scolia Wasp 43 Radio-operator Heroine of the SW Pacific 45 Proposed New Calendar 46 “Lucky” Joe Sloane—He Struck It Rich From the Gira to Edie .. 48 “Enemy Alien” Missionaries 50 In Defence of Levuka 51 Introducing Polynesia—New Refer ence Book by Peter H. Buck ... 52 Shipping and Plane Services ... 56 Union Co. Purchases Four Ships .. 57 Commercial, Markets, etc 60

Mr. Dan Costello, of Tavua, Fiji, arrived in Sydney by the “Lurline” in March, and met his son, recently dis charged from the AIF.