In This Issue;

Editorial: “South Pacific Conference... in an Unhappy Atmosphere’’ ... 5 Rabaul to be Abandoned— New Administrative Centre of New Britain 6 Copra Stabilisation Fund for N.G. .. 6 Termination of Suspension of Leases in N.G 6 Still No Ships for Rabaul 7 Airletters to U.S.A 7 Pacific Air Services Sydney - San Francisco 7 Six Nations Meet in Canberra for South Seas Conference 8 New Guinea Students in Fiji 10 Electricity for Rarotonga 10 American Yachtsmen Seek the Soutn Seas 10 Fifth Conference of PICAO Meets in Melbourne to Consider Pacific Air Problems 11 Copra—Price Rises in New Guinea and Fiji 12 New Governor for New Caledonia .. 12 New Guinea Plane Fatality—MAL Pilot Killed 13 Telecommunications Take over AWA 14 Death of “Yankee Doctor” —Story of S. M. Lambert who Fought and Beat Hookworm 16 Coconut Oil, Not Copra—Solution for Planting Industry 18 Investiture of High Chief Ata .. .. 20 New Guinea Memorial Scholarship . 21 “Pomare” goes to Dock 22 BSI Government “Anxious for Copra Production” 24 War Damage Insurance for N.G.

Natives 24 44-Hour Week in Fiji 25 War Damage in BSI 28 Oil Exploration in Papua 30 How 200 Men were Saved in New

Britain—Concluding J. K. Mc- Carthy’s Story 32 Territories' Talk-Talk 35 She Writes of a Glamorous South Seas 36 Hospitality in the Mangaia Manner 37 Our South Pacific Islanders Come all Ways 38 Short Story: “The Training of Dorika” 40 Tropicalities 41 Vernon Memorial Hospital 48 Oranges at 6d.! 48 Force Signals, F.D.F.—An Apprecia tion of Mr. D. Junor’s work in Fiji in 1939-40 49 Jap Dodging Behind Flnschhafen .. 51 Fiji’s Future—Need for New Indus tries 5,5 Tribute to Harry Downing 56 How “Umboi II” was Taken Home .. 57 Fly to New Caledonia—Short Term Tourist Passports being Issued .. 60 Shipping and Plane Services :; Pacific Travellers 61-64 Royal Romance in Tonga 65 Battle of Fiji Airfields—How it Affects Fiji Tourist Traffic 69 January 23—Fifth Anniversary of Fall of Rabaul 70 Japs Discovered in Butaritari 71 N.G.G. Plan for 1947 72 No Export Tax on Australian Goods Sent to New Guinea 73 Commercial, Markets, Etc 76 Obituarv: W. J. Priest, 2; D. G. Tapsall. 13; Dr. S. M. Lambert. 16: R. Lepper, 22; Mrs. R. D. McPhee. 25; W. J.

Lambden. 27; K. Parker. 28; Harrison Smith, 56; W. C. Dexter, 56; Dr. A. J. Bass, 74.