Contents

Bogese, NMP 2 Launch Tragedy in Fiji—Death of Young Missionary 3 Paul Mason —Dquble DSC ... 5 Editorial: “What Australia Proposes to Do About New Guinea :: And a Question About Samoa” ... 7 Roll of NGVR 8 Anger and Disappointment in Australian Territories 9 Notable Hero of Pacific War .. .. 10 Long Discussion in Fiji Legislative Council on Fiji Race . . 11 Future of Solomons 11 “Voice of New Guinea” —ABC Radio Station 12 The Teething Troubles of Trans pacific Air Transport 13 Cook Islanders Form Govt-Sponsored Union 14 Group-Capt. W. J. Duncan 15 Territories Cost Australia £282,000 for Part of Year 16

Australian Territories Handicapped 19 First New Guinea Scholarship in 1947 2\i Philippines Now Independent .. .. 2£ British and Australian Methods Compared 2£ Census Figures for Western Samoa 3£ New Labour Set-up in Nauru .. .. 3£ Territories’ Talk-Talk 38 From Clerk to Millionaire Knight 3£ Polynesian Playtime 38 Tropicalities 38 Assignment in Mid-Pacific 38 Concerning the Inhibitions of Miss Blair 4t How 250 Rabaul Refugees Were Rescued 41 Labour Tragedy in Papua-New Guinea 5c Meritorious Record of the PIB ... 5c Secondary School at Nukualofa .. 55 Shipping and Plane Services 56 Yanks Want Our Tuna 69 News Notes from New Guinea ... © Major Grahamslaw, OBE 69 Trochus Shell —Chance for SW Pacific Factory © Samara i Area Struggling Towards Recovery © Commercial Markets, etc 7T Late News 7T Letters received from Captain L. H Johnson, formerly of the Police Depart! ment, Rabaul, and now with the BCOH in Japan state that the only New Guines man he has met there so far is Capn V. H. Gilchrist, formerly of Bulolo Goll Dredging. Both men are eagerly lookinr forward to returning to Australia b: Christmas.