In This Issue:

Editorial: “Mr. Ward Will Visit His Kingdom” 3 Pacific Travellers (in pictures) 4, 7 & 8 Shall We Coo to the Socialistic Tiger? 5 Plenty of Fresh Meat in New Guinea Soon—Sydney Business Man’s New Enterprise 5 Fiji Airport Decision Still Awaited .. 6 Big Profit for Papuan Trading Firm 7 Papuan Rubber Industry in Jeopardy 7 Guinea Airways Driven out of Darwin Service by Australian Government 7 Another Plan for Samoa UN Mission’s Recommendations ... 8 Brilliant Fiji Girl’s Success in USA 9 “Marching Rule” —And Their Flag .. 9 No Help for NG Copra Producers .. 11 How Joseph Wulf Missed the “Alone” 14 New French Air Service—Tahiti to Noumea 14 NZ National Airways Corporation Takes Over 14 Mr. Alderman, KC, in the News- Memories of Territorians’ War time Claims 15 Nauru Phosphate—Gradual Recovery of the Industry 16 An Investigation Will be Made Into New Guinea Servicemen’s Griev ances 18 Accident to Bristol Freighter at Wau, NG 20 Mr. Ward Will Visit New Guinea in New Year—Will Choose Capital Site 21 Strike at Nadi Airport, Fiji 21 Swift Moves for Reform in Western Samoa 22 Nauru Is Now In “Trust” 23 Cook Is. Watersiders’ Aggressive Spirit 24 New Legislative Council Appointments In Fiji 24 Plenty of Money in Fiji—High Imports and High Revenue 27

Fiji’s Gift to Princess Elizabeth .. 26 East Indies Timber—Source of Enormous Supplies Shut Off ... 29 Fiji’s Tax-Dodgers Cost Government £13,000 31 Is USA Buying South Seas Trochus? 31 Removal of 4,000 US Dead from Guadalcanal Battlefields 32 Attempts to Overcome New Cale donia’s Currency Difficulties ... 32 Mr. Henry (CIPA) Decants Soothing Phrases in Rarotonga 33 No New Hotel for Suva 38 Another £3,000,000 for Australian Pacific Territories 38 Two Years Ago on Nauru —Few Remembered Anniversary of Re occupation 39 Enemy Aliens’ Property—Australian Laws Liberal 40 New Guinea Volunteer Rifles —Part II of List 41 Territories’ Talk-Talk 45 He Tamed a Papuan Tribe—Fr.

Vitale’s 55 years with the Mekeos 46 Tonga’s Lonely Outposts—A Visit to Abandoned Niuafo’ou 47 When the Samoans Went Under ground 48 Tropicalities 50 Tropical Cat in a Tropical Garden .. 51 This Made Me Laugh—South Seas’

Humour ...» 52 Fiji Indians’ “Hardship”—CSß Chief Does Not See Evidence of It ... 57 Early Days in Papua—Monckton’s Two Patrols 58 Boys In Boots —NZ Natives Now May Wear Anything 59 Alain Gerbault's Last Resting Place 59 The Lae “Garamut” 60 Shortage of Copra Sacks Hits Pro ducers 60 Father Rougier Died a Priest—A Correction 61

Fiji’s Butter War—Dilemma for Dairy Industry 62 Cession Day Ceremony at New Memorial 63 When Errol Flynn Was a Gold Miner 64 “Marching Rule” Leaders on Trial in

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Under the Union Jack —Kuper Family

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Re-Export Racket Is To Stop In Fiji 66 Mystery of the South Pacific Com mission 67 Representative of New Caledonia In Paris 67 Recipes for Island Cooks 68 Cook Islands Council Inaugural Meeting 70 Gambusia Eat Mosquito Larvae ... 71 Fiji’s Liquor Bill—Churches Protest .. 73 Back to School Movehient In Papua- New Guinea 74 Solomon Island Conditions —Natives Healthier but Sullen 75 Survey of New Guinea —Lack of Shipping and Food but Other Conditions Improving 76 Anglican Missionaries Now in Papua 77 NG’s Ten-Year Plan —How Is It Going? 77 Rock Carvings In New Caledonia Point to Pre-Melanesian Inhabit ants 78 Anxious Days for Yule Island Mission 80 Dodging Nips Behind Bogia .. .. 82 Where the NMP’S Come From—Dr.

Hoodless’ Fascinating Story .. .. 87 Nothing Wrong With Fiji’s Factories —NZ Official Concludes Survey .. 91 Netherlands Indies Is Settling Down 93 Shippirig and Plane Services; Pacific Travellers 94, 97 Markets, Commercial, etc 98 OBITUARY: Nicolas (“Tibby”) Hagen, 26; Milton Craig, 40; Mde. Louis Gulchard, 64; Fr. I. Schwab, 81.

ORGANISATIONS: New Guinea Women’s Club, Sydney, 9; Royal Geographical Society, Brisbane, 29.