In This Issue:

Editorial: “Betrayal of Dutch in In donesia and the Sequel” ... 5 Blow Pipes and Shotguns in Solomons 6 APC Progress 6 Status of Hawaii May be 49th State 7 USA Will Take Over Micronesia .. 7 New Governor for French Oceania .. 7 French Levy Against War Damage.. 7 Crocodile Hunting on Sepik River .. 7 Gaint Snails Still a Problem in NG .. 7 “PIM” Celebrates 17th Birthday ... 8 Morris Hedstrom’s Million 8 Trusteeship Mission in Western Samoa and the Prospect of Self- Government 9 Birthday Honours in Fiji 10 Mr. P. Costello for Executive Council 10 W. Samoa’s Healthy Finances ... 10 No Market for Trochus Shell .. .. 10 Rabaul Hotel License to be Trans ferred 11 Bomb Tragedy on Rotuma 11 New Guinea Gold Again 11 Pan-Air New Services 11 Double Wedding of Tongan Princes .. 13 Naturalisation of New Guinea Aliens 15 Kuvukuvu grass for Paper Making .. 15 New Caledonia Looking for Labourers 16 Rag-time Shipping in New Guinea- Pleas for Private Ownership Again 17 Rarotongan’s Keen to Work on Phos phate Island 20 Maori Party’s Visit to Polynesia .. 20 Anglo-American Frontier Import ance of Pacific in Future Pacific .. 21 Interest-Free Loans for BSI Planters 21 Is Norfolk Island to be given to New Zealand? 22 Wau-Labu Road 23 Cost of Living in New Guinea ... 24 Clive Brewster’s Death Clearly an

Accident 25 Vacant Bishopric of Melanesia .. .. 25 Rabaul Masonic Lodge Revived ... 26 Col. Woodman Retires 27 Tribute to Late “Bob” Kennedy of Rabaul 27 Fiji Copra Goes Up 29 Council of Chiefs, 1947 Session ... 29 Territorians Against Papua-NG Amal gamation 31 Fiji Help to Britain 32 Papuan Timber Industry Large Shipments to Sydney 32 Finschhafen’s Tribute to American Dead 35 New Public Service Association for Papua-New Guinea 36 Gold and Power has Annual Meeting 36 Is Japs Martial Spirit Dead Inter esting Angles as seen from Hawaii 39 No Sunday Work on Rarotonga Waterfront 40 Talk-Talk 41 Of Cousins, and Fiji English 42 Tropicalities 43 The Longest Way Round Sydney to Ratuma 44 The Nursery Rhyme Girl Became a Coast-Watcher 46 Na Ronga of Yadua A story of Old Fiji 48 Disturbed NG Natives 49 Australia as NG Territories’ Father Christmas Official Figures of Panua NG Finances 50 Cook Islands Need a Local Air Service 51 NZ Raises £25,000 for Lepers 52 Guano from South China Seas ... 52 Background to Modern Samoa ... 54 Slow Revival in Mainland New Guinea 60 Save BSI Natives from “New Order!” 61

Parliamentary Party for NG? .. .. 62 The Month in Moresby 62 Payment of Cook Islands Fruit De layed 63 Spotlight on Emirau 64 Shipping and Plane Services ; : Pacific Travellers 66-68 Plucky Woman Returns to BSI ... 70 Bougainville’s “Starving” Natives .. 70 Weddings of Island Interest Hum pries-Lock: Hofermann-Sanders . 71 Mr. Ward’s “Disappointed People”— Unrest in Papuan Public Service .. 72 Trade Unionism in Tahiti 73 Origin of Islands Races Six Scientists Adrift on a Raft to Prove Theory 78 Dollars, Francs and Pounds Mad dening Merry-Go-Round in French Pacific Colonies 81 “Morning Star” US Mission Ship for Pacific 81 Nadi Is 30 Miles from Suva! 81 Rabaul Wishes to Escape PM Control 82 Administrator Visits Buka 83 Wharfies’ Ban on Building Material for New Guinea 83 Javanese Leave New Caledonia by Air 63 Papuan Citizens Association 84 Maori Party in Cook Islands 84 Index to Volume XVII 85 Commercial Markets, etc 88 ORGANISATIONS: New Guinea Women’s Club, 7; Pacific Islands Society, 20; Ba Bowling Club, 25; South Sea Islands Club, 31; Public Service Assn, of Papua-New Guinea, 36; Papuan Citizens Association, 84.

OBITUARY: Henri Walker, 7; S. Young, 9; Mrs. I. T. Dickson, 16: Capt. H.

Low, 35; Capt. F. J. G. Warren, 38; Mrs. Rankin, 70; C. Pederson, 76.