Contents

Territorians Who Are Returning to the Territories 5 Editorial: The Nations’ Overall Pacific Plans—Plus Russia and the Atomic Bomb 7 Summary of New Guinea Policy ... 8 Panair Resume NZ Service This Month 9 Norfolk Island Appointment Ques tioned 9 Cannot Employ Funds Startling Announcement of Burns Philp

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More Civilians Return to New Guinea 11 Stronger Production Control Board . 12 His Plantation Was a Battleground . 12 Japs Massacre Ocean Islanders After Surrender 13 Suva Now Has Fishermen—And Will Soon Have Fish 14 Nine Millions Estimated War Damage to Australia and Terri tories 14 Turning a Deaf Ear—Canberra’s Atti tude to Rabaul Demand 15 Piiian and Indian Birthrate Com

pared 15 Rehabilitation Fund Distributions— NG Club Copes with Complications 17 These Are Banana Pigs 18 New Coconut-cream Industry in W.

Samoa 19 Republic of Philippines—Roxas Takes Charge 21 £1,000,000 Damage on Ocean Island and Nauru 27 Affect of N. Pacific Tidal Wave on South Pacific Islands 28 Territories ‘Talk-talk” 33 The Rev. Rodger Page—Mentor of a Pacific Queen 34 Tahiti’s Building Programme (Photo) 35 Strong Men Wept When This Island Girl Was Christened 35 Trans-Pacific—How the Air Services Are to be Run 36-37 Tropicalities 33 Foreigners Are Funny Folk .. '' .. 39 Tropical Moon, Island Lagoon—But No Guitar 39 From Buckingham Palace to Pitcairn Island 40 When Cakobau Was Crowned 41 Resourcefulness in Cook Is. Medical Service 43 Lima’s Only Whiteman Outlaw .. ¥ White Rajah Cedes Sarawak to Britain 51 Pacific Islands Regiment to be De mobilised 52 Shinping and ’Plane Services; Pacific Travellers 54 Cook Islands Getting Poorer And Poorer 59 Final Contributions to Rehabilitation Fund 64 Waste of Army Material in Papua— Returned Planter’s Complaint .. 66 Commercial Markets, etc 68