Contents

“Malaita” Passengers (Photographs' 3 How Roman Catholic Missionaries Fared in NG and BSI 5 Editorial: “Australia’s Betrayal of Indonesia Dutch” 7 NG Scholarship Fund 8 Trans-Pacific Airlines Shackled by Politicians and Bureaucrats ... 9 Fiji Gold Industry Double-taxed .. 1G Sixty-eight Civilians “Missing” in New Britain and New Ireland .. 10 Expro Plantations Part of War Damage Compensation to Go r o Custodian n Efforts to Settle Restlessness in Cook Is, n P. Moresby and Pronosed Model Village ' 12 New Ceylon Copra Contract Promises Stability in the Industry 13 Civil Government Extended in NG . 13 New Hostel at Lae 14 Phosphate from Nauru 15 Search for Oil in New Guinea by Australian Government 17 Wewak Returns! is Fiji Visited by India’s High Commis sioner in Australia 19

Divide the “Pandemonium”—Frank Article on New Hebrides Adminis tration by A. C. Rentoul 21 Indians Over-running Suva Residen tial Areas 24 Why Not Papain from Pacific Paw- Paws? 25 Trade Unionism Comes to Southern Pacific 27 No Doctors for NG Medical Service? 28 The Mystery of Mr. Ward’s “Dusted”

Natives 30 Territories “Talk-talk” 33 13! —Story of a Mission Ship on a Hoodoo Voyage 34 Pacific Oddments of the Past .. .. 35 Book Reviews 36 Tropicalities 37 The Carolines: Stone-money, Mystery and Now the Yanks! 38 Local Boy Makes Good (Escape) .. 40 Don’t Renounce the World for this Island Orange Grove 40 “Deliverance Harry’s” True Identity 42 French Colonial Bill of Rights ... 46 W. Samoa’s Coconut Cream 48 War Surplus Goods in Lae of Little Value 49 Interesting Sidelights on Jap Occu pation of Nauru 50 Rabaul Inquiry 53 Training Islanders as Medical Prac titioners 54 Shipping and Plane Services :: Paci fic Travellers 55 “Doc” Vernon Dead 58 Four Men and a Forum —NG on Air 61 Once Beautiful Samarai Now Forlorn 63 “Capital” of N. Guinea 64 Apolosi, Fiji’s Stormy Petrel Dead 67 Commercial Markets, etc 68 Happy Samoa First German Capital in New Guinea 71