In This Issue:

Editorial: “Your Guess is as Good as Mine!” 5 Departmental Committee to Inquire in Papua and N. Guinea 6 Trans-Pacific Air Services Increased 7 Sudden Storm Damages Papeete .. 7 New Guinea Customs Duty May be Reviewed 7 Some Japs Still at Large in SW Pacific 8 South Pacific Commission 8 Australia to Control Airport on Nor folk Island 8 N. Guinea Widows Caught in Vicious Circle 8 Plane Accident at Kainantu, Central NG 8 W. Samoan Boom Continues 9 BSI War Damage Question in Commons 9 W. H. Watson Retains Seat in Raro tongan Election 9 Fiji Muslim League Farewells Sir A. Grantham 9 Grave Move in North Pacific —Political Moves May be America’s De fensive Moves Against Russia and Red Asia 10 Retiring Fiji Governor Surprised at Hong Kong Appointment 11 French Oceania Census for 1946 .. 11 Mare Island Hit by Cyclone 12 G and E Colony Must Pay £lB,OOO in Taxes 12 Australian Admiral to Visit SW Pacific 12 New Guinea Goldfields Transport— Deterioration of Roads 12 Over a Quarter Million People Now in Fiji 17 Have You Heard of These Missing Airmen? Information Wanted .. 19 Blue Lagoon Blues 20 New Vessel for APC Launched in

Sydney 21 Prospects of War Compensation for BSI Residents 22 Sir Alexander Grantham for Hong Kong 23 Suva Housing Shortage Alarms Town Board 24 Philippines Copra Market Now Un controlled . 24 The New Order in Papua—An ex- ADO Gives His Views 25 Sunday Island Has 24 Inhabitants .. 27 First Norfolk Island Stamp Issue .. 28 Farewell to Bishop of Melanesia ... 28 Governor’s Review Shows Fiji’s Sound Trading Position 29 Conditions in Lae—Non-Official View is Pessimistic 30 WRC Air Service for New Guinea Personnel 31 Trapped by Nips! How Coast- Watchers Escaped Near Finschhafen 33 Polynesian Club of Sydney 36 Territories’ Talk-Talk 37 He Pilots Ships 38 These Were Salamaua-Lae Residents in 1932—Interesting Old Photo graph 39 Puka-Puka Cowboy Number Two .. 40 Tropicalities 42 They Went to Sea in the “Lady Alice” 43 Short Story; “Death on a String” .. 44 Solving the Problem of the Island Teen-ager 46 New Zealand Socialists Fasten Grip on S. Pacific Air Services 47 Tamavua Hospital Staff—Photograph 48 Micronesian or Melanesian—Which is the Fijian? 49 Puka-Pukans Would Like Nassau Island 50 The Marquesas—Only Remnants of a Once-numerous Race 52

Nadi Horrors Well-known Airman Sent to Deal with Accommodation Problem 57 Island Newspapers—War and Soci alism has Killed Territories Jour nals 58 North American Goods for W. Samoa 59 In Tribute to the Late Mr. George Aumuller 60 Alleged Heavy Loss of Native Life in Bougainville—Monsignor Han nan’s Charge 61 New Guinea Labourers do not Like Short Indentures 61 Many New Guinea Wives go Home on the April “Montoro” 61 Shipping and Plane Services :: Paci fic Travellers Q 2-65 Of Pinnaces and Cargo-Cult—And Wasted Government Funds 69 In Praise of the Pareu 70 Islands Weddings 71 Fine Record of Fiji Rehabilitation Board 71 Progress of APC in Papua 73 Fiji Politics—And Electors’ Assn. ... 75 Papuan Settlers Did Not Run ... 76 A Cultural Federation of Polynesia .. 77 South Seas Legend Killed Cost of Living Soars in Fiji 79 Commercial, Markets, etc 80 OBITUARY; Mrs. L. Glover, 11; Edward Oak, 22; Mrs. J. Walstab, 27; Mrs. M. J Gallagher, 46; J. G. C. Bennie, 52; K.

G. Uechtritz, 59; G. Aumuller, 60; Mrs.

Twentyman, 69; Mrs. C. A. Johnson 70; Marama Tane, 75; A. Markwell, 78.

Captain Bertie Hall, well-known Terri torian who was in Sydney recently looking for suitable steamers to purchase for the China trade, left in March for the Far East.