In This Issue:
Editorial: “The Brown Brother Com plex in south Pacific Admin istration •*> New Governor of Fiji—Not expected Until 1948 7 More Ships for Carpenters 7 Tongan Prince to Visit Australia .. 7 12 Men Under Arrest In Tahiti— Quayside Incident 7 Equal Political Rights for New Caledonian Natives? 7 RNZAF Still Running Island Air Services 8 War Damage in British Territories 8 Papua-NG Anniversary Holiday ... 8 BGD’s Third Dredge in Operation .. 8 Philippines Copra Falls Sharply ... 9 Copra Producers Union 9 Kon Tiki Raft Voyage 9 Fiji Elections 10 Marriage of Terito Pa Ariki 10 Price Control in Fiji—Chamber of Commerce Wants it Lifted 10 Admiral d’Argenlieu is a Monk Again iu Fiji Development Plan 11 New Governor of French Oceania .. 11 Progress of APC in Papua 11 Let’s Have Copra and Cocoa First, Mr.
Ward —Blind Concentration on Native Tea Industry 13 NG Tea May be Uneconomical ... 13 Governor Inquires on Disaffection in Solomons 13 Grand Tours by Australian Ministers 14 Manus Base 14 No Hope Now for Yawl “Alone” .. 15 UNO Mission Departs from W. Samoa 15 New Regulations for BSI Labour .. 16 “Weekly Guardian” —Fiji’s New News paper 16 Boom in Western Samoa 18 Nauru for Australian Trusteeship .. 20
Fiji Beetles Rushed to Guam For Attack on Borer-Weevil 22 Two Ships Up On Papuan Reefs .. 22 100 Per Cent. Increase in Port Moresby’s Public Servants 23 Postage Stamp Racket —Issue for Tokelaus 23 Fiji Treasurer Transferred 24 W. Samoa Medical Officer Retires .. 24 Feast or Famine Shipping to New Guinea 24 World View of Copra—Plea For Lower Price 25 Fiji Officer for W. Samoan Police Post 25 “Self-Government” for W. Samoa— NZ Torpedoes Trusteeship Council Mission 26 Blackmarket in Fiji Rice 30 Why “Indonesians”? Should We Accept Term introduced by Japs? 30 Petition to Remove Suva Town Board 31 Trusteeship Territories Report to UNO 31 New SDA Church in W. Samoa ... 32 Giant Snails —Numerous in Kokopo District 33 Matson Line Purchases New Ships .. 33 The Month in Moresby 34 Arguments Against Peru’s Impact on Polynesia 35 Discontent in New Caledonia 37 Harrying Japs Behind Salamaua in 1942 38 Territories’ Talk-Talk 41 Gentle Joseph and the Shark .. .. 42 Eagle Eye 43 One Backward Glance 44 Tropicalities 46 Rotuman Afternoon 47 Short Story: Cargo 48 Fiji Tackles Her TB Problem 49 Jap Plane over Suva in 1942 54 “Morning Star” Goes North 55
Missionaries and Cargo Cult .. .. 58 Madang Forms Advisory Body ... 59 Fiji is Dehydrating Bananas 59 Hombu Hombu, BSI Port of Entry .. 60 Old Resident of Sydney Knew Thakambau 61 First European Baby Born on Sepik 62 Fiji Indians Celebrate Independence Day 63 Unsinkable Aluminium Canoe on Sepik 64 Finschhafen Accident —Three Injured 64 Memories of Brown David 65 Rabaul Revisited 66 False Teeth For NG Natives 67 Slum Clearance in Suva 68 Mr. Ward’s Arcadia —An Old-Timer Does Not Think Much Of It ... 68 Island Mixed Marriages 69 “Nordkaperen” in Cairns 69 “Lettish” Officials and BSI Unrest .. 69 Scrub Typhus—What It Is 71 Old Resident’s Faith in NG Cocoa .. 73 Details of Air Crasn m i\ew Guinea 75 Jail for Drunk Bus Driver in Fiji .. 76 Radio for the People—New Installa tions at Port Moresby 77 Local Government m Fiji—Future Plans 78 Shipyard’s Good Record 83 Silence on The South Pacific Com mission—Why Has Col. Kerr Gone to UNO? 84 Shipping and Plane Services: Pacific Travellers 85-87 Commercial Markets, etc 88 ORGANISATIONS: New Guinea Women’s Club of Sydney, 6; South Seas Club, 74; Scholarship Fund, 74.
OBITUARY; A. F. Parer. 11; Madame Aumai Berniere, 20; Col. F.
Williams, 54; Mrs. J. L. Hunt, 54; G. T. Barker, 57; William Christopher Abbie, 62; Burston’s child, 84.